http://www.vero-software.com/ http://www.vero-software.com//rss.php The latest news and information from Vero Software Copyright: (C) Vero Software Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, are pleased to announce the release of Machining STRATEGIST V13. A powerful multi-axis CAM solution that generates optimum HSM roughing and finishing CNC toolpaths for both the office and shop-floor environment. Machining STRATEGIST is a CAD independent solution and can work with data from all major 3D modelling systems. Within the latest release, support for VISI 19 has been included and the CAD interfaces have been aligned to Parasolid v24, SolidEdge ST4 and Catia v5 r21. Significant product enhancements include a number of new machining algorithms that will greatly benefit both Machining STRATEGIST customers and OEM partners. New CAM developments include :HM Waterline Passes - A finishing strategy that combines all the benefits of a traditional waterline operation with a 3D pocketing routine that interacts with the main strategy whenever the shallow area between consecutive passes allows the insertion of additional passes. This method allows an optimal finish over the entire part, helping to extend tool life and produce parts with excellent surface finish.HM Rib Machining Passes - A new strategy especially designed to machine very thin walls. These walls are often made from exotic materials (such as titanium for aerospace), and therefore a traditional approach to their machining is often difficult and risky, specifically towards the end of the process when the rib is subjected to high frequency vibrations and micro-flexes. This new strategy combines a new roughing toolpath and a finishing strategy to create a unique toolpath that should preserve the highest possible part rigidity. Further product enhancements include improvements to Helical passes, calculation speed improvements for non-smoothed waterline passes and the ability to define different feedrates within Rest Machining and Combined Waterline for steep & shallow and offset passes. Steve Youngs, MS Development Manager concludes, "The Machining STRATEGIST development cycle is driven by customer needs, and an ever increasing requirement to have complete toolpath control when programming complex parts. The Vero development team strive to keep our customers at the leading edge of technology with new CAM algorithms and the intelligent use of multi-threaded background processing." HM Rib Machining - Designed to machine very thin walls http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=36 2011-11-14 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=36 Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, is pleased to announce the merger of Vero Software and Planit Holdings, a leading developer of CAD/CAM software for the production engineering, sheet metal, metal fabrication and woodworking sector. The Planit Group offers its software products globally under the Edgecam, Alphacam, Cabinet Vision, CabnetWare, Javelin and Radan brands. The combination of Vero and Planit creates the world’s leading CAM specialist, and third largest CADCAM vendor - only behind Dassault Systèmes and Siemens PLM *. The merger of the two organisations will provide the platform to build even stronger products through significantly enhanced development capabilities and further extend a growing influence on the global market. Commenting on the acquisition, Richard Smith, CEO of Vero Software says, "Across the enlarged Group, the complementary products address the worldwide need for CAD/CAM/CAE technology in a large variety of focussed manufacturing processes enabling us to accelerate our growth. With greater critical mass we will be able to continue to provide excellent service and support to both existing and new customers. We fully recognise the importance of product branding and customer loyalty, and therefore, it is important to emphasise that we will continue to invest in all of the products. We will move forward together with the expertise, knowledge and resources necessary to deliver even higher levels of productivity to our customers." The merger has been funded by Battery Ventures (Boston, USA) who have been investing for more than 25 years in technology-driven companies and work hard with management to build their presence into global market leaders. Dave Tabors, General Partner at Battery Ventures comments, "We are pleased to enter into this transaction with Planit, and are excited about the prospects ahead for the combined group. We believe that both Vero and Planit have been following a very smart strategy in a highly fragmented market. With strong products, a high quality management team, and the respect of its customer base worldwide, the company is well positioned for future growth - both organically and through acquisition." * Source : CIMData http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=35 2011-10-03 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=35 Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, are pleased to present the latest release of its flagship product VISI 19 through a number of UK open houses running over 5 days in July. Due for a Summer release, the latest product offering represents a continued focus on tool design and manufacture and includes a host of productivity enhancements including core 3D CAM development, 64Bit support, JT Open and further migration of PEPS capabilities onto the VISI platform. VISI Modelling is the base application for all VISI products and V19 delivers CAD enhancements that include an updated GUI with improved user interaction, new blending capabilities, support for the widely adopted JT Open format, improved 3D annotation with geometric & surface tolerances, advanced profile offset and graphical texture mapping. VISI Mould enhancements include an a new Assembly Tool Manager to handle multi-level tool structures, and provide the ability to generate specific tree hierarchy structures for the creation of partial BOM lists. VISI Flow development include a new part quality tool with potential remedy suggestions for each problem area and improved filling analyses and flow balancing due to the fine tuning of melt compressibility at end of the filling phase. For sheet metal stamping, VISI Progress enhancements include three new dedicated routines to manage complex springback based on results from CMM machines, 3rd party FEA systems and bend section geometry. Each routine includes skimming capabilities to reduce point clutter and allows the operator to define an additional percentage to over compensate for the springback deformation. CAM enhancements focus on delivering new CAM algorithms, optimised calculation times, 64Bit support and improving the overall usability with improvements to feature recognition and post processor performance. New cutting methods include :Deep Cavity Machining - An intelligent automation of existing CAM strategies for machining deep cavities. Typically, using the longest tool to machine the complete cavity will require smaller depths of cut and reduced feeds. Deep Cavity Machining is able to split the cavity into multiple depths based on collision checking between the piece and tool / holder. In this case, the operator is able to define different tool lengths for same operation, providing greater rigidity, reduced vibration & increase tool life. By automatically splitting the Z levels, different step down & step over parameters can be defined for each Z range. Core Roughing - A new roughing algorithm has been developed with an improved toolpath shape when working from outside a component. The new toolpath will dramatically reduce the number of rapid movements, allow the use of more than 50% step over of the flat area of the cutter and improve calculation time. The result is a flowing toolpath that allows the machine to run near to its maximum potential when machining core components. HM Constant Z - This toolpath is very similar to steep & shallow and combines all the benefits of a traditional constant Z operation with a highly sophisticated 3D pocketing routine for planar areas. The new CAM algorithm uses a 2D pocketing projection for the intermediate planar areas instead of a true 3D stepover and the results produce dramatic time savings. Rib Machining - This new strategy has been designed specifically to resolve the issue of machining very thin rib walls. The typical approach of using multiple operations runs the risk of damaging the part, specifically towards the end of the process when the rib is subjected to high frequency vibrations and micro-flexes. To overcome these issues the Rib Machining algorithm combines the new roughing algorithm with a new finishing routine to ensure the highest part-rigidity possible by roughing and finishing each level individually working down the model. VISI PEPS-Wire development has continued with new technology added and further migration of historic PEPS capabilities to the new VISI platform. These include slug retention, feature recognition for land and taper features, CT Expert integration, VDM file import and pocketing with finishing allowance, a new routine that allows the user to partially pocket an aperture by specifying the remaining stock left to cut. This dramatically improves wire usage by keeping fresh air cutting to a minimum. Select here for VISI 19 product highlights http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=34 2011-07-05 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=34 Vero USA are pleased to announce the appointment of TST Tooling Software Technology as its master distributor for the VISI Series product suite in North America. Vero is a world leader in the provision of software solutions for aiding the design and manufacturing processes within the mold and die industry. The specific sectors include the design and manufacture of plastic injection molds, sheet metal and progressive stamping dies. These widespread product types are in turn to be found in a multitude of manufacturing industry sectors such as automotive, electronic, medical, white goods and aerospace. Vero firmly believes that gains in productivity can be made by building as much knowledge of specific design and machining processes within its software as possible. This philosophy of productivity through specialisation has led to cutting edge developments within the design and manufacture of molds and stamping dies. Richard Youhill, Group Sales Director of Vero comments “We are delighted with appointment of TST as Master Distributor for our products and to expand their territory in North America. Having worked with TST for many years we see the added value that they deliver to their customers both in supporting the software products and also in on-going consultancy to ensure that users benefit greatly from their investment. This appointment will help us to expand our user base to a wider audience throughout the United States”. Jim Kesteloot, president of TST comments “We are proud to represent the VISI product line and are pleased to have this opportunity to take a 'World Class Product' to all of North America. We know anyone can sell software products, it’s the training and implementation that make you successful and which defines TST. What does all this mean for you? TST will be even stronger, better positioned, and have even more resources available to help you achieve your goals. We have thrived in these challenging economic times, and we can help you do the same.” TST are headquartered in Clarkston, MI with offices in Grand Rapids, MI, Windsor, ON and Chicago, IL, and have been involved with VERO and the VISI product suite for over 10 years. TST has built its business around making sure our users are 100% knowledgeable on the products they invest in; consistently providing true solutions. TST has an extensive user base that are successfully using VISI and benefiting from the expertise and experience that TST brings to the table. For additional information contact TST at: TST Tooling Software Technology, LLC 6547 Dixie Hwy, Ste A Clarkston MI 48346 800-984-6190www.tst-software.com http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=33 2011-02-02 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=33 Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, are pleased to announce the release of Machining STRATEGIST V12. A powerful multi-axis CAM solution that generates optimum roughing and finishing CNC toolpaths for both the office and shop-floor environment. Machining STRATEGIST is a CAD independent solution and can work with data from all major 3D modelling systems. Significant product enhancements include reduced memory usage during combined waterline passes, improvements to the quality of waterline profile ramp moves which no longer deviate from the surface, tool holder collision checking and support for tapered shank cutters for Adaptive Clearance and new geometry tools for the selection of horizontal model faces. Within the latest release, support for Vero's flagship CAD product, VISI 18 has been included and the external Parasolid interfaces has been aligned to v22.1. Marc Freebrey, Marketing Manager for Vero concludes, "The MS development cycle is driven by our customers and OEM partners to ensure we remain at the forefront of CAM technology. We have found that the user base is not asking for new features, but asking for improvements and optimisation of the current CAM strategies. For this reason, our focus has been on product stability with 118 major issues resolved." http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=24 2010-12-07 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=24 Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the highly respected MIRDC (Metal Industries Research and Development Centre) of Taiwan to link its CAD and CAM applications with MIRDC’s own software solutions and jointly promote these solutions to the mould and die makers of Taiwan and China. Under the agreement, MIRDC will link its ERP solutions to Vero’s VISI die design and manufacturing applications. MIRDC will also promote and train potential and existing customers on the use and benefits of the software to further their capabilities in advanced mould and die applications. Originally founded in 1963, MIRDC was setup to promote the growth and transformation of metal-related industries in Taiwan. To meet the demands of local industries, the centre has increasingly allocated its resources to research and now, MIRDC is the second largest research and development organisation in Taiwan and the largest organisation specifically focussed on the design and manufacturing of moulds and dies. Partly government funded, MIRDC provides invaluable services to the manufacturing community with bespoke projects for rapid manufacture, green and lean manufacture as well as value added services for project management and automation. Specific areas of expertise include castings, metal forming, precision forming, precision mould technologies, precision press manufacture, welding, surface treatment, R & D, inspection, green technologies and many others. Commenting on the agreement, Richard Youhill, Operations Director for Vero said “We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with such a highly regarded organisation as MIRDC. After establishing a CADCAM centre in 1981, they have been providing valuable assistance to the mould and die makers of Taiwan for nearly 30 years. With the addition of the advanced technology available within the Vero products, we are confident that we can add further value to the manufacturing sector in this country”. Pictured at the signing ceremony are Richard Youhill, Operations Director for Vero and Huang Chi-Chuan, Chairman of the Board of Directors for MIRDC. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=30 2010-06-16 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=30 Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, will present the first viewing of its flagship product VISI 18 during MACH 2010 (Hall 5, 5495). Due for a summer release, VISI 18 is another substantial release with many new features in all areas of the product with a continued focus on tool design and manufacture. VISI Modelling is the base platform for all VISI products and version 18 delivers an updated GUI with graphic sliders that allow the user to dynamically interact with the working area to push or pull features and apply other system commands. One major CAD development is the introduction of geometry deformation tools that provide a technical leap forward and deliver exciting new features such as complex spring back deformation, draft application and organic shape editing. These new features will greatly benefit existing users who have to adapt customer data and also support more aesthetic markets such as product design or cosmetics. VISI Machining has been updated with a number of tools to further enhance the automated Compass Technology including a new method to manage the smallest distance between two or more sides of a geometric feature. This distance can be used to identify the smallest tool diameter for a pocket or define other machining variables. Other CAM developments include improved 3D constant step over, an improved 3D combi-finishing routine, updated rapid management and improved drilling cycles with a new wizard application for the construction of complex multi-operation cycles. Sheet metal development has been significantly improved with dynamic animation of the forming process and a batch procedure for developing multiple components simultaneously with a report for each piece. When working with imported geometry, fillet radii is often missing but required for blank development or step-by-step unfolding. VISI 18 introduces a new tool to automatically apply blend radii to inner and outer sharp edges. Other developments include new options for body interference checking and also a new tool to automatically create the hard inserts for die plates and apply relief holes to the corners. Finally, Vero have extended their partnership with CADENAS and have integrated PartSolutions V9 into the tooling suite, VISI Mould and VISI Progress. VISI 18 completes the full integration of VISI Flow and now the plastic injection analysis and simulation can be launched and calculated from directly within VISI, eliminating the need of model preparation for analysis. Importantly, the calculation results are also visible within the same CAD environment providing the perfect toolset for comparing the original model against the warped prediction data after the moulding process. VISI Flow also includes the ability to work with shell models and introduces a virtual resin laboratory that allows users to create and test different kinds of resin grades. The 'Virtual Laboratory' is based on intelligence included within the VISI Flow material database and works by following an interactive iterated approximation. The application is able to put together data coming from different databases and different grades by following a wizard based on user instructions such as polymer family, density and MFI. Also being previewed at MACH 2010 will be the first release of VISI PEPS-Wire. After the acquisition of Camtek Limited, VISI PEPS-Wire represents over 2 years of development and combines the class-leading technology of PEPS Wire with Vero’s Parasolid based geometry-engine. The first release of VISI PEPS-Wire will introduce automated 2 and 4 axis feature recognition, dramatically improved geometry tools and combined Milling and Wire EDM cutting strategies. Gerard O'Driscoll, R&D Director for Vero explains, "Using VISI as a development platform will allow PEPS customers to introduce further productivity tools such as modelling, progression tool design, mould tool design, and multi-axis machining. Whilst there will be a new user-interface to learn, the machining technology and core PEPS product will still be very familiar to existing users." Select here for VISI 18 product highlights http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=29 2010-05-18 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=29 Vero Software Plc, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry are pleased to announce that they have been awarded the much coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise 2010. The Queen's Awards are the UK's most prestigious business awards and further endorse Vero as a leading UK company with a global reputation. The awards are made each year by The Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an independent Advisory Committee that includes representatives of Government, industry and commerce, and the trade unions. The award will be officially presented by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County, The Queen's local representative. Vero Software Plc has been rewarded for its continuous achievement in international trade over the last 6 years. The award has been granted in recognition of Vero growing export earnings by 65% to over £12 million in six years, with over 91% of its sales to markets in Europe, North America and the Far East. The company creates, owns and distributes software for aiding the design and manufacturing process of plastic injection moulds, sheet metal stamping dies, progressive dies, shoe moulds, electrode production and others. These widespread product types are in turn to be found in a multitude of manufacturing industry sectors such as automotive, electronic, medical, white goods and aerospace. "We are extremely proud and honoured to have won this award which is full recognition of the valuable work of our staff and extensive reseller network. We invest heavily in original research to develop highly productive software that is already well appreciated by our customers and this further acknowledgement is a brilliant reward for our efforts," says Chief Executive, Don Babbs. "Our success owes a great deal to the dedication of our overseas operations. Each competence centre is fully trained with our product suite and have 'real-life' industrial knowledge. This is vitally important when trying to promote new technologies into a well established CAD/CAM market. The company firmly believes that step gains in productivity can be made by building as much knowledge of specific design and machining processes within its software as possible. This philosophy of productivity through specialisation has led to new applications in the design of mould tools for plastic injection and progressive dies." http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=27 2010-04-21 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=27 VISI voted 'Best Engineering Software' at the DPA Innovation awards Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry are pleased to announce that their flagship product VISI, has been voted the winner of the 'Best Product' in the Engineering Software category at the DPA Innovation Awards. To coincide with the 30th Anniversary issue of DPA (Design Products & Applications), an online poll was conducted asking readers to vote for products that they feel deserve recognition as prime examples of technological innovation. Over the last thirty years there have been extraordinary leaps in technology that have quite simply changed the way we live – the personal computer, mobile telephony and the Internet, to mention just a few. The manufacturing industry, too, has enjoyed the benefits of remarkable technological advances, and to celebrate this, suppliers and manufacturers nominated products that represented these advances in technology. The 'virtual' 30th Anniversary Innovations Awards attracted many nominations among the ten chosen categories where VISI was selected as the winner of the Engineering Software category. The VISI product suite is innovative in combining the best in solids and surface modelling, with complex model analysis and plastic flow simulation tailored towards 3D tool design and manufacture. Keeping the model within the same product environment throughout the entire design cycle from design to manufacture guarantees data consistency and greatly smoothes the design process. Basing a tool design on a preventive flow analysis can detect potential manufacturing issues – such as welding lines, air traps, best gate location, etc providing the maximum possible time frame for a corrective solution - This is only made possible through an integrated CAD/CAM/CAE analysis. An uninterrupted data exchange between the design and the analysis environment provides the ability to identify possible critical situations, set the most effective moulding parameters, optimise the runners and cooling layout and predict problems concerning any part of the plastic component creation process. Marc Freebrey, Group Marketing Manager for Vero comments "We are very proud to have won this award. We invest heavily in extensive research and we have a knowledgeable development team that strives to keep Vero at the leading edge of technology. We all believe in our products and it is pleasing to know that our customers are feeling the benefits - at least enough to vote." http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=26 2009-09-14 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=26 Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, are pleased to announce the latest release of its flagship product VISI 17. The latest developments see further emphasis on end-user productivity in all areas of the product. The system graphics have been dramatically improved after major development collaboration with both AMD and Nvidia. The use of VBO's (vertex buffer objects) on the ATI FirePro and Nvidia GeForce graphics boards have returned exceptional software gains. In benchmark testing, results have shown the frame-per-second (FPS) rate jump from 5.5 > 146.2 for a 70MB dataset and 9.9 > 238.1 for a 118MB dataset. CAD enhancements include model thickness analysis which allows the user to quickly identify the thickest and thinnest areas of the model and help validate the model integrity, highlighting any potential areas that may cause internal voids, surface sink marks, unpredictable shrink rates and ultimately, longer cycle times. Further developments include intelligent body/face mating, improved annotation, updated printing and numerous improvements to the management of drawing files. One of the more significant is the ability to import pages from other work files and re-build the link between the solid geometry. This allows multiple users to share the same 3D design with each designer creating their own drawing pages - adding views, sections, annotations, balloons etc on separate workstations. When the pages have been completed, they can be loaded back into the master file and all links to the original 3D data are reconnected. CAM developments include enhancements to geometry feature recognition with the ability to recognise complex and simple holes on both solid & surface models. The feature recognition has also been extended to recognise features from a predefined direction and find features within a localised user-defined region. The separation of passes & linking will dramatically increase productivity and reduce calculation time. The user will now be able to inspect the toolpath quality before building the HSM linking movements. Continued development on the CAM engine have produced time saving results of over 80% reduction in calculation time for combined waterline, 30% reduction for rest machining and over 15% reduction for raster clearance. Incremental stock, automatic toolpath tilting and further improvements to multi axis machining guarantees another step forward for Vero's innovative CAM solution. VISI Flow has been further developed with the emphasis placed on the continued integration of plastic flow technology into a real CAD environment. VISI Flow uses a patented hexahedral hybrid mesh technology to provide accurate results with analyses run directly from the CAD model. Benefits include limited or no model preparation and the inclusion of feeding and cooling channels to the calculation. Importantly, the channel definition includes both geometrical and thermal proprieties. Along with gas-assist, sequential, and co-injection moulding simulations, VISI Flow also offers simulation for over-moulding and cross-linking polymers including liquid silicone rubbers. VISI Mould also benefits from the VISI Flow integration with the inclusion of a combined material database containing over 7,000 materials. Model shrinkage, based on material and other flow properties are automatically attached to the model ready for filling simulation. A new tool for the design of runners and gates provides the user with an interactive method to construct the injection circuit. The designer can select the type of gate from a parametric library and trace the channel sequence back to the sprue bush or hot runner with the result automatically validated for plastic flow analysis. VISI Progress, a dedicated solution for the metal stamping industry has been updated with focussed development on complex multi-step forming for deep drawing components - based on both analytic and FEA solvers. 3D strip construction has also been improved with the ability to parametrically modify the strip layout parameters (step, strip width), so that the system will automatically update the previously constructed punch geometry and rebuild the strip. This additional functionality provides the user with the freedom to simulate and understand live changes to the strip layout. A new collaboration with CADENAS, the largest external library of 3D standard components will benefit both VISI Progress and VISI Mould users. CADENAS PARTsolutions has over 500 library suppliers, covering thousands of components for multiple market sectors. The integration of CADENAS PARTsolutions into VISI17 will enable tool makers to shorten design times by providing access to readily available standard components for their mould or die assemblies. Select here for product highlights http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=25 2009-07-24 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=25 Vero Software, a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, is announcing a new collaboration with CADENAS, the largest external library of 3D standard components available on the market - CADENAS PARTsolutions has over 500 library suppliers, covering thousands of components for multiple market sectors. The integration of CADENAS PARTsolutions into VISI17 will enable tool makers to shorten design times by providing access to readily available standard components for their mould or die assemblies. VISI 17, Vero's flagship product already contains intelligent 3D catalogues with over 50 dedicated suppliers to the tooling industry. The partnership with CADENAS further extends this capability and ensures that Vero customers have access to thousands of additional components. Two levels of integration are available. The first level will be access to on-line catalogues via the CADENAS PARTserver portal. Catalogues are continually updated and can be downloaded directly from the internet in a number of CAD formats including a new native VISI *.CVF format. The second level of integration is a direct plug-in for VISI and requires a licensed installation of PARTsolutions on the host machine. In this case, the selected library component is immediately available and loaded directly into the current CAD session. Importantly, the data provided by PARTsolutions when loaded by VISI is not a 'dumb solid' - the data contains all of the BOM attributes and associated cavities allowing the designer to use the catalogue data more efficiently. Commenting on the collaboration with Vero, Jürgen Heimbach, General Manager of CADENAS says, “Vero offer an inimitable software solution, one that radically enhances the efficiency of design and manufacturing processes. We are proud of having such a well qualified partner who chose to integrate our parts management system”.About CADENAS GmbHToday, the CADENAS group has subsidiaries in Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, USA, South Korea and Croatia. The focus of the CADENAS group is process optimisation with parts management, parts consolidation and optimisation of marketing strategies through creation and marketing of electronic product catalogues. Since 1992, CADENAS has made it to its business to optimise enterprise processes and product development with intelligent software solutions. Some jobs are data preparation, marketing, supplying data, data exchange, part reduction, part management and interfaces to internal systems that increase efficiency of the customer. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=23 2009-05-26 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=23 Vero Software (Hall 1, M42), a leading provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, will present the first viewing of its flagship product VISI17 during PDM 2009. Due for release in June, version 17 is a substantial release with many new features in all areas of the product with further emphasis on the integration of plastic flow simulation into a real CAD environment. VISI Flow uses a patented hexahedral hybrid mesh technology to provide accurate results with analyses run directly from the CAD model. Benefits include limited or no model preparation and the inclusion of feeding and cooling channels to the calculation. Importantly, the channel definition includes both geometrical and thermal proprieties. Along with gas-assist, sequential, and co-injection moulding simulations, VISI Flow also offers simulation for over-moulding and cross-linking polymers including liquid silicone rubbers. VISI Mould also benefits from the technology collaboration with the inclusion of a combined material database with over 7,000 materials defined. Model shrinkage, based on material and other flow properties are automatically attached to the model ready for filling simulation. A new tool for Runners and Gate design provides the designer with a new way to define the injection circuit. The designer can select the type of gate from a parametric library and trace the channel sequence back to the sprue bush or hot runner with the result automatically validated for flow analysis. CAD enhancements include model thickness analysis, body and face mating, mesh manipulation tools and major speed improvements after collaboration with ATI and NVidia. CAM enhancements include the separation of toolpath passes & linking, incremental stock and further improvements to 3 + 2 and multi axis machining. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=22 2009-04-08 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=22 Al Dean takes a 2 part look at the latest release of VISI, a system with incredible power that has been driven by one of the most demanding industries for geometry wrangling: mould & die. Select HERE to download PART 1 of the product review from the October issue of Develop3D magazine. Conclusion (part 1): VISI is an incredible piece of kit. If you just look at the modelling aspects (we’ll get onto the really meaty cutting metal related portion next month), then it’s incredibly powerful. Today’s CAD users are more discerning that ever before. We’re all used to the ability to work quickly and efficiently with geometry, and while the majority are certainly using one of the mainstream midrange modelling tools, when you’re dealing with import data or working with complex surfaces, you’ll quickly run into the one problem those types of systems have (and let’s be clear, I’m talking about SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Inventor et al). Those systems work best with native data, because they’ve been designed as authoring systems with the end goal being a 3D model or a 2D drawing derived from it. A system like VISI (and there are others in the same class) differs in that the end goal is a production model on the back of which machining or tooling design is going to take place. When you focus on the mould and die market, the processes often rely on your ability to analyse, validate and fix the geometry your client provides, then to ensure that you create the best mould tool you can – because production success is directly attributable back to that underlying geometry. While VISI has all of those surface-based modelling tools you’d need, the system also has a massive range of tools that support the entire process, whether that be mould design or electrode extraction and design, as well as supporting the creation of production drawings in a very automated manner. While it’s not recognised as a standalone modelling tool, but as part of a bigger, more fully encompassing offering, I’m pretty damn sure that VISI could take the Pepsi challenge with any other modelling system on the market today – and win. Select HERE to download PART 2 of the product review from the November issue of Develop3D magazine. Conclusion (part 2) : I get to visit all the major vendors every couple of months. Some you leave thinking “Ok, good. But where is the innovation?” Others you leave impressed with their dedication to their users and to advancing the use of their products. Vero Software is always of this latter group. VISI has been an impressive system for many years, but in the last few release cycles the company has really cranked up the development cycle a gear or two. Compared to when I first saw the system, VISI today is supremely impressive. Not only does it have a wealth of knowledge and years of user-led development behind it, but also the work done recently to both refresh the user interface and to introduce new technology. The perfect example of both aspects working in concert are the new automation or intelligence-based tools which capture best practice and standard forms and allow users to create them in a very short space of time (whether that’s cooling channels, mould locks, mould stack design or NC operations). Taken as a whole, VISI is one of the most impressive products out there for those engaged in manufacturing. It’s got all the 3D CAD tools you could ever need, backed up with some highly impressive mould and die design tools which can then be followed through into production with the NC programming tools that have been its core competency for some time. It proves the fact that general purpose tools sometimes simply don’t cut the mustard and if you want to get the job done, you have to use a tool that’s tailored to the job at hand. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=20 2008-11-19 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=20 Vero Software Plc today announces the 20th anniversary of its formation. Vero began on October 27th 1988 in a farmhouse in Northern Italy with just the founders and two employees producing CAD/CAM software. Today the UK public company listed on the AIM section of the London Stock Exchange is a leading supplier of software to the mould and die sector headquartered in Cheltenham, UK and with further offices in Italy, France, USA, Canada, Japan and China. The group now has more than 7,000 users registered for its annual maintenance services and supplies products to more than 40 countries through its wholly owned subsidiaries and competence centres. Offering well known product brands such as VISI, machining STRATEGIST, SMIRT and PEPS, the company produces software for aiding the design and manufacturing process in specific sectors of the industry. The specific sectors include the design and manufacture of plastic injection moulds, sheet metal stamping dies, multi axis machining, progressive dies, shoe moulds, electrode production and many others. These widespread product types are in turn to be found in a multitude of manufacturing industry sectors such as automotive, electronic, medical, white goods and aerospace. Gerry O’Driscoll, Research and Development Director and one of the original founders says “Twenty years ago PC based multi axis machining and plastic flow analysis was unthinkable and yet today these same technologies provide everyday benefits to tens of thousands of our users. Our sustained success and uninterrupted growth has been achieved by building very practical solutions based on the comments and suggestions of active customers”. The company firmly believes that step gains in productivity can be made by building as much knowledge of specific design and machining processes within its software as possible. This philosophy of productivity through specialisation has led to the development of many new cutting edge applications. Don Babbs Chief Executive and also one of the original founders commented “Most small companies have the sales experience of hearing a customer question as to whether they will be around in a few years time. Very few companies achieve the satisfaction of growing their revenues every year since inception and being around twenty years later when most of the so called giants in the sector have long disappeared. The ever present skill and dedication of our staff, many themselves very long serving, have built the Vero Software company to where it is today and beyond the lifetime of many better known CAD/CAM companies”. In conjunction with the 20th anniversary, Vero are pleased to announce the latest release of its flagship product VISI. Version 16 is a substantial release with many new features in all areas of the product, including an updated user-interface, new surface modelling technology, 3D bend development and multiple enhancements to both 2D and 3D CAM. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=21 2008-10-27 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=21 Vero has been described as the best kept secret in manufacturing software. However, with a keen group marketing manager at the helm, highly specialised software divisions, new acquisitions, two new releases and a new office based in Cheltenham on the horizon, its profile is getting higher. Select HERE to download the product review from the MWP September issue. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=19 2008-10-01 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=19 Vero Software Plc. (AIM: VERO), a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software to the mould and die sector, has today announced the relocation of its head office to a new and more spacious location in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The new address also represents the unification of Vero Software Plc together with its subsidiaries Vero UK Limited and Camtek Limited into a single office. The new office boasts excellent visitor facilities, room for expansion and is well connected with good road and rail links to London. “Our decision to relocate our head office operation and combine the two offices will streamline and consolidate the business,” comments Don Babbs, Chief Executive. “The combined office will provide additional development, technical and administrative space as well as a more central location and is very much in line with our proposed plans for group expansion.” The new address is located at: Vero Software Plc Hadley House Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AW Tel: +44 (0) 1242 542040 Fax : +44 (0) 1242 542099 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=18 2008-08-13 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=18 Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, is pleased to announce Original Concepts Design, Inc. (www.vero-var.com) as a Value Added Reseller for the American Central Atlantic Region. Based in Mount Laurel, NJ, Original Concepts Design was founded in 1993. With many years experience in the tooling and design trades, they have steadily grown and added highly skilled employees, conceptual expertise, unparalleled consulting and state of the art software and hardware.The services they offer, from grass roots manufacturing perspective, led to a steady growth since its inception. Original Concepts Design will initially focus mainly on selling and supporting VISI Flow, the Vero breakthrough application for the plastic flow analysis, but their activity will gradually encompass the entire VISI and PEPS lines of product. Gregory Janice, President of Original Concepts Design, comments “We were looking for a system that covered all aspects of the engineering and manufacturing spectrum for the tooling industry. We must be able to provide not only consulting and services but also a software solution that improves our customers’productivity. After evaluating several systems we selected VISI as the most complete and powerful solution on the market”. “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Original Concepts Design” says Giovanni Opimitti, President of Vero USA. “Their long experience and deep knowledge of the industry constitutes a very valuable addition to the Vero sales and support network in the US”. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=17 2008-07-09 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=17 Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, is pleased to report on the success of a recently hosted world dealer seminar to provide an 'early peek' at the forthcoming developments for its flagship VISI product. Richard Youhill, Operations Director for Vero explains “We now have more than 90 partners in over 40 countries and this is an ideal opportunity to get them together and show them what they can expect to see in later in the year. VISI16 has seen the software take a big leap forward with the inclusion of some very advanced and new technology.” VISI16, due for release later in the year will include an updated user interface and enhancements to the CAD for electrode design, surface creation, annotation and product documentation for concurrent design. VISI Mould continues to be a key product and includes improved cooling circuit design; assembly explode management and an even tighter integration with VISI Flow. This unique feature enables mould and component designers to base their design principles using the integrated flow analysis to detect potential manufacturing issues before committing to the tool manufacturing process and saving value time and costs – such as welding lines, air traps, best gate location, etc, providing the maximum time frame for a corrective solution. This is only made possible through an integrated CAD/CAM/CAE analysis. VISI Progress, for 3D progressive die design sees some major enhancements to the unfolding of non linear edges, bending management outside of the parametric tree, blanking with constraint edge mapping, strip enhancements and a new feature manager. VISI Machining will see significant dramatic improvements in the realms of automated machining using automatic feature recognition techniques directed towards automatic plate machining. New ‘compass’ technology will allow the user to define a number of rules that will uniquely link specific geometry with a sequence of predefined operations/parameters. This will allow a company to implement adaptable toolpath strategies and proven cutting parameters to any geometric model. Other improvements include high speed milling techniques within 2D toolpaths, improved drilling cycles, enhanced 3+2 management, an updated 3D toolpath engine and a new tooling library. Emma Adamson, Dealer Sales Manager concludes, “The meeting was a great success, with many countries attending including representatives from Australia, Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. The software looks great and we are looking forward to the next release and what it will bring.” http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=16 2008-06-03 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=16 Vero Software Plc. (AIM: VERO), a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, is pleased to announce Kenana for Engineering and Trading as a reseller for the Egyptian and Middle East market. Based in Nasr City, Cairo, Kenana started as a training and consultancy centre in 2007 with a vision to become a leader in providing industrial Software and CNC solutions to the Middle East. Ahmed Baghdady, Exclusive Manager comments “The Egyptian market includes companies that already have good solutions; including software, machining centres and reverse engineering systems. We are in a continuous process of evaluating new products and were looking for a system that covered all aspects of the engineering and manufacturing spectrum. To be able to compete we must be able to provide a software solution that improves on their current productivity - We evaluated many systems and selected VISI as the backbone of our organisation.” Starting with 3 engineers, Kenana now employs 6 staff and plans to sell Vero’s software solutions throughout the Egyptian and Middle East market, with further plans to expand into Saudi Arabia. On a recent training trip to Vero’s UK head office, Manal Ahmed, Marketing Manager for Kenana claims “We found that the complete Vero team including support, marketing and sales are more than a team, they are a family….. Whenever we needed support we get it.” Commenting on the collaboration, Operations Director, Richard Youhill explains “The Egyptian market presents many interesting opportunities to us and is one that will benefit greatly from our products. We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with an organisation such as Kenana as they have a great deal of knowledge and experience of the local market and their needs.” Ahmed Baghdady & Manal Ahmed from Kenana for Engineering and Trading http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=15 2008-05-12 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=15 Vero Software Plc is pleased to announce the merger of two of its Pacific Area resellers to create a new enterprise called STS-Camtek. Since the acquisition of Camtek Limited by Vero last year, both Specialised Technical Services Pty Ltd (STS) and Camtek Pacific have been providing CAD/CAM solutions from the same developer. Barry Dyson, CEO explains “Camtek and STS have been working co-operatively for many years and the merger of our two companies will provide a greater and more focussed range of products and services to our customers. A recent deal that combined Machining STRATEGIST, PEPS PentaCut and a Thermwood 5 Axis Milling Machine demonstrates the advantages of our collaboration.” Specialised Technical Services Pty Ltd (STS) had been supplying CAD/CAM solutions, training and support to mechanical engineering, design and manufacturing business in Australia and New Zealand for 20 years. With over 40 years experience in engineering business, Barry Dyson started out as an apprentice fitter and turner before going on to become a mechanical design draftsman. Barry has completed more than 15 years of post- apprenticeship studies including certificates in toolmaking and welding, an Associate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Diploma in Technical Teaching and two Graduate Diploma's at Swinburne University, one in Maintenance Engineering and one in CAD/CAM Founded by Mark Goldfeld in 1989, Camtek Pacific has become a recognised leader in the Australian CAM industry through its creative involvement in the development and distribution of Knowledge Based Expert CAM systems both locally and internationally. Camtek Pacific supplies and develops standard and/or highly customized NC/CNC programming turnkey systems to reduce the programming and idle time of machine tools. Mark explains “Using our Expert CAM system the clients “specialised manufacturing know-how” is embedded into a computer data structure, from that foundation our system automatically generates NC/CNC programs that are right first time and every time !” Both STS and Camtek are highly regarded for providing their customers with innovative applications of strong CAD/CAM products, training and services. Following their merger into STS-Camtek, Pacific region customers will see a further strengthening in innovative application, quality and service for Vero’s CAD/CAM products. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=14 2008-03-19 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=14