In The Trenches

Kentech Inc. Announces the Release of the NEW Kipware® SketchPad

Finally the concept of CAD and CAM ... for the Real World !

For over 10 years, Kentech Inc. and its Kipware® line of conversational software has proven the concept that conversational CNC programming can both streamline and enhance any shops CNC programming. While standard operations and shapes such as round pocketing, bolt circle machining, simple milling, turning, threading, grooving has been its main focus ... the vastly improved and enhanced Kipware® SketchPad is now taking aim at the non-traditional shapes as well ... and as usual with software developed by Kentech Inc., takes the CAD / CAM concept and makes it "real world".

Kentech Inc. has used its unique "real world" perspective to develop a tool that goes well beyond the CAD and CAM concept. The Kipware® SketchPad is truly intuitive, conversational, easy-to-use yet powerful enough to handle those special shapes and machining operations that pop up every so often in every shop. Let us explain ....

Intuitive ( in-tu-i-tive ) adj. ... of or possessing or based on intuition ( understanding something immediately without reasoning or being taught ).

Rather than utilize CAD standard type menus, the Kipware® SketchPad utilizes a conversational type menu system where the user selects an icon that not only indicates the type of element to be drawn but gives the software additional definition of the element desired. In this way, even if information about the element is not known, the software will store the known information, allow the user to continue along the shape, and will utilize its own "intuition" to calculate the unknown data and complete the elements as the user proceeds. This makes drawing intersecting lines as well as line-fillet-line combinations easy for anyone .... No CAD experience required ... as the user simply inputs the know information and the SketchPad will auto-calculate the unknown data to compete the

drawing.

Conversation ( kon-ver-saysh'n ) n. ... an informal talk.

From start to finish, the Kipware® SketchPad is designed to have a "conversation" with the user ... leading them down the road to create the tool path they desire in a sketch ... then allowing them to answer plain questions to transform that sketch into the G code program. This "real world" design ... for which Kipware® is known ... allows everyone to create G code programs. You do not need to be a CAD guy, an expert CNC programmer or even an expert chipmaker. Kentech Inc. has taken the fluff out of the CAD / CAM concept and simplified the menus to include only those features that are really needed and has built the powerful G code features like ramping and cutter comp automatically into the software code. Streamlined programming times and real world, powerful G code programs are the result.

Comprehensive ( kom-pri-hen-siv ) adj. ... including much or all.

The Kipware® SketchPad can create G code programs for turning, milling, EDM and waterjet / plasma machines ... all from within the same interface. Users can draw their toolpaths using the standard X / Y coordinate system ... select Turning as the machining method ... and the SketchPad will automatically convert everything and output a turning G code program ... or select Milling and a milling G code program will be the output.

Because it was built using real world, on-the-shop-floor experience, the Kipware® SketchPad takes the concept of CAD and CAM and brings it to the real world ... for everyone.

We invite you to explore how stepping out of the "CAD/CAM box" can lead to more productive and efficient CNC programming. Explore Kipware® conversational and the NEW Kipware® Sketchpad at our website ... www.KentechInc.com or watch the Presentation Video at the link below.