WinMax v9 Features
Production & Productivity
New Features
Multi-Level Lockout
Custom lockout levels
User-Password
1. Program
2. Tool Setup
3. Part Setup
Disable Tool Matching
Simplify initial conversion of
old programs to work with
the tool library.
Prevent tools from program
from being incorrectly
matched to the wrong tools
already in the tool library.
Disable Tool Matching
Tool Life Monitoring
Set max cutting time
Tool Life Monitoring
Reporting Options:
Warn without stopping
program.
Abort on tool change
NC Tool Setup
Tool changes on Tool Offsets screen. (Next tool # = offset #)
Eliminates unnecessary screen transitions during Tool Setup.
Tool Probe Defaults
Set default parameters
for all tools
Minimizes job setup
time
Tool Probe Defaults
New in 9: Auto-set for tools loaded from old programs
Probed Tool Length Options
Store tool length to:
Conversational
NC
Both
Conversational
Useful for
Conversational-NC
merge feature
NC
User-Interface
Enhancements
NC Editor Fonts
NC Editor Hot-keys
Simplify modification of NC
programs.
CTRL-F = Find
(Search For Text)
CTRL-G = Go to
(Jump to Block)
CTRL-H = Replace
(Find and Replace)
Save NC State with Program
Speed and Feed Updates
Control how speeds and feeds are updated when a tool is
replaced in a conversational data block.
Toggle Software Options
Disabled installed options
temporarily.
Simplify demonstration of
option content.
No need to re-acquire
option codes.
Machine-Specific Axis Display
Choose generic rotary axes or machine-specific rotary
axes in Universal programs.
VMX 42
VMX 42 SR
DXF Scaling
Scale DXF drawing
elements to actual size
without having to
redraw or return to the
CAD system.
Custom DRO
Select what you want
to see
Custom DRO
Auto Screen
Manual Screen
New Graphics System
Electrode Demo
v8
Software
v9
Software
(min:sec)
(min:sec)
Mill-Turn
5:29
3:50
1.4 Times
Faster
5:28
1:41
3.25 Times
Faster
New Graphics System
Change display settings without redrawing.
Lathe User Interface
As seen on mill
Language Selection
Replaces need to register
language files.
Supported languages
packaged with software.
No longer requires reboot.
Quick Language Toggle
Switch between languages
without rebooting
Select Language #1 and #2
Quick Language Toggle
Switch between languages
without rebooting
Press
+
DXF Select Holes by Diameter
Select Holes by
Diameter
Enter hole diameter.
Build DB – Axial Holes
Window Select
Part Programming
New Features
Part Setup – Z Shift
Incremental shift for
Part Zero Z.
Simplify Part Setup for
Absolute Tool Length.
Also available for each
Work Offset in NC.
Lettering Along Contours
Lettering Along Contours
Lettering Along Contours
1. Enter text
2. Set parameters
Lettering Along Contours
3. Edit the contour
Lettering Along Contours
Available for both
True Type Font
Stick Lettering
Stick Lettering
More flexible than HD3 Lettering.
Text box size instead of character
width and height.
Orientation angle.
Stick Lettering
Rotary version for wrapping
around cylinder.
Stick Lettering
Also available ‘Along Contour’
Recovery Restart on
Character
Mill Frame Programmable Corners
Mill Frame/Circle Plunge Start
Paste into Swept Surface Contour
Use frame, circle, slot, or polygon block as geometry for Along Contour.
Roughing Stock Allowance
No Roughing Stock Allowance
Roughing Stock Allowance
No Roughing Stock Allowance
Roughing Stock Allowance
New Data Block Mode
Does not require
Finishing Pass
5mm Roughing Stock Allowance
Custom Drill - Enhanced Pecking
Retract between pecks at
rapid or a specified feed.
Peck retract clearance
plane can prevent tool from
leaving hole during deep
hole cycles.
5-Axis Machining
Now even easier!
How to move from one oriented feature to
another?
Safe retract and plunge
along tool vectors
Machine axes limits
Difficult to post process:
Part location and tool lengths
unknown before posting
Automatic Safe Repositioning (ASR)
Patented feature is unique to
Hurco
Control automatically
Retracts along tool vector
Reorients to new rotary angles
Moves above target point
Plunges along tool vector
Crawls along machine axes
limits
No more out of limits errors
ASR Transition between two Transform Planes
Transition moves generated automatically by control
ASR Transition between two Transform Planes
Transition moves generated automatically by control
Video
How to Program ASR
G08.1 starts ASR Buffering
G08.2 end ASR buffering
Last position & orientation before G08.2
is the Target Point
v8.1.6
…
G08.1 (ASR Buffering Start)
G68.2 I0.J1.K0. U0.V0.W1.
G00 X0Y0Z10 I0.J0.K1.
M141
G08.2 (ASR Buffering End)
How to Program ASR
Single G-code version
G08.2 specifies the Target Point
Even easier to program and post process
Works with NC Merge
v8.1.6
…
G08.1 (ASR Buffering Start)
G68.2 I0.J1.K0. U0.V0.W1.
G00 X0Y0Z10 I0.J0.K1.
M141
G08.2 (ASR Buffering End)
Reposition with a single G-code
v9
…
G68.2 I0.J1.K0. U0.V0.W1
G08.2 X0Y0Z10 I0.J0.K1.
Intelligent ASR (I-ASR)
New for v9
Automatically activates
ASR
No G-code required
Don’t need to change
your 5-axis post
I-ASR & NC Merge
3+2-Axis using:
3-Axis NC Program
Conversational NC Merge
Two modifications to NC program:
1. Added G0I0J0K1 after each
tool change
2. Added M99 at end
I-ASR & NC Merge
Simple 5-Axis Post Processing
V8 G-Codes restricted
v9 all G-Codes are allowed with
Transform Plane
M128 Workpiece Coordinate
System
Tool Vector Canned Cycles (TVCC)
How to program
numerous oriented holes?
Tool Vector Canned Cycles (TVCC)
X
Z
Y
Origin
How to program
numerous oriented holes?
Without TVCC, for each hole:
1. Select Transform Plane Origin
2. Select X-direction
3. Select Y-direction
4. Establish 3D coordinate system
5. Select hole (location & depth)
Tool Vector Canned Cycles (TVCC)
How to program
numerous oriented holes?
Location
Easy to program with TVCC:
1. Select the hole
Automatically gives:
• Location
• Depth
• Orientation (axis)
Tool Vector Canned Cycles (TVCC)
Supported by most CAM
systems
Simplifies programming
and Post Processors
Works with Tapping and
Boring cycles too
Transform Plane Group Data Blocks
Simplify creation of transform planes in Universal program type.
62
Transform Plane Group Linear
Separated by specified
distance along linear axes.
63
Transform Plane Group Rotate
Rotated around the selected
Rotation Axis (X, Y, or Z)
Axis distance allows
simultaneous rotation around
and translation along Rotary
Axis to create Spiral pattern.
64
Transform Plane Group Locations
Table of Transform Planes.
Orientation by Rotation
Angles or Vectors.
65
Transform Plane Groups
Combine with other
Transform Plane blocks.
Simplify creation of complex
patterns.
66
Desktop Complete
Precisely model your machines
Desktop Complete
Compute estimated
runtime
Simulated Program Run
Recovery Restart
Single or Dual screen
Same screens as on
machine control
Desktop Complete
Configure like a machine.
Select machine type.
or
Restore your actual
machine configuration.