Curved Surface Added to KipwareM® 3D Menu

As we continue our torrid development pace heading toward the year end ... we have released another new KipwareM® 3D conversational option developed from a KipwareM® user request.

Our user needed to machine a specific part for the Harley Davidson company and wanted a simpler way to create the G code program then having to trudge through his CAD/CAM system. Having dealt with Kentech Inc. on a prior project for some 3D machining ... he approached us again to see if we could develop a solution. We decided it was a perfect application to add to our KipwareM® 3D menu ... and we developed our CURVED SURFACE conversational option for KipwareM®'s 3D menu. Developed at NO CHARGE to our client might I add !!

As you can see from the screenshot above of the CURVED SURFACE conversational menu ... like all our Kipware® conversational menus ... it puts tons of options into the hands of the user. The user can define individual parameters for BOTH roughing and finishing machining such as depth of cut ... feedrates ... etc.. The surface can also be kicked off at any user defined angle ... like all KipwareM® options ... with a single Rotation Angle input !!

Above is a 3D plot of the sample result. This program for both roughing ( with a square end mill ) and finishing ( with a ball end mill ) was created in less than 1.5 minutes ... with NO drawing required !!

This new CURVED SURFACE menu is now shipping standard with the KipwareM® 3D option. For all the other 3D menu options available ... please see our Blog back-post : http://kentechinc.blogspot.com/2013/09/kipware-3d-conversational-programming.html

Thank you to all our customers for their input and support that enables us to continually update and enhance our REAL WORLD machine shop software .

Isn't it time to Dump the limited G Code Wizards and GO PRO ?
Kipware® Conversational are PROFESSIONAL programming
applications ... with built-in PROFESSIONAL features ...
that will help anyone machine like a PRO !!

Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.

Two More NEW Conversational Features Released

"Winter is coming John Snow." ( for all the Game of Thrones fans )

Winter always seems to bring a flurry of development here at Kentech Inc. ... and we have started early. On the heels of our groundbreaking 3D Conversational release for KipwareM® ... we have released two more additional features.

Kipware® SketchPad :
The SketchPad has always required drawing using X and Y coordinates ... even if you were drawing a part to be coded for a lathe. Of course the SketchPad would auto-convert everything and your G code would be either diameter or radius X lathe compatible ... but the actual drawing was done using X and Y coordinates.

The new feature released allows for separate designations for the G code output and now ... a designation for the type of coordinates to be used when drawing. Users can draw using either X-Y coordinates ... radius X - Z coordinates ... or diameter X - Z coordinates. This of course makes drawing a ton easier for "lathe people" ... while still giving you the opportunity to do something funky like ... draw with diameter X and have your G code come out in radius X !!! Pretty neat and very handy ... professional machinists will know what I mean.

KipwareM® 3D Rotation :
As with all the other menus in KipwareM® ... now the newly released 3D shapes can be ROTATED at any angle with just a simple user input. We have added a ROTATION field on the forms where the user can designate the rotation angle if so desired. Like all the 2D menus ... now the 3D shape can be auto-rotated with just a simple input.

So go ahead ... take that trough and machine it at 65 degrees !!

What's Coming Next :
We now turn our development attention to a feature that has been on my wish list. And since I'm the boss ... I get what I want !!

We have now begun the development of more Live Tool options for KipwareT® to better accommodate the wave of multi-axis turning centers. The next release will have FULL Y AXIS MILLING - ALL CONVERSATIONAL !! Stay tuned ... release will probably be around November.




We keep telling ya ....
Now more than ever ...
DUMP the G CODE WIZARDS !!!
GO PRO with Kipware® Conversational !!
( you don't get development like this from a "wizard " )
( it comes from professionals !! )




Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.

Kipware® Conversational vs. G Code Wizards

Since the late 90's ... we have worked hard to take our conversational CNC programming software out of the world of "wizards", after-thoughts and add-ons ... and into the world of professional, power packed CAM applications.

We would like to thank the over 1200+ users of Kipware® conversational for proving that our efforts have been successful.

Why? What makes us the professional conversational application that we are?
Here are just a few reasons :

KipwareM® - MILLING :

Here is a sample screenshot of a KipwareM® operation ... in this case a SQUARE / RECTANGULAR POCKET. Just take a look at the machining options available for the user to select :

1. SQUARE or RECTANGULAR ... long side in X or long side in Y ... the software automatically "sees" it.
2. CORNER RADIUS ... milled using circular interpolation or plunge ...  the software automatically "sees" it.
3. X / Y RAMP AMOUNT ... you decide how much ... not an arbitrary angle, a real distance.
4. FINISH ALLOWANCE ... for walls and bottom.
5. ROTATION ... pocket at a 5 degree angle ... just input 5 ... the software writes the rotated G code automatically ... and not some G code for rotation ... hard numbers.
6. ROUGHING and / or FINISHING ... CW or CCW ... climb or conventional ... you decide.
7. CUTTER COMP ... automatically inserted if you desire ... with auto ramp in / ramp out.
8. FINISH BOTTOM ... or just the walls ... you decide.

KipwareT® - TURNING :

Here is a sample screenshot of a KipwareT® operation ... in this case an OD GROOVE. Just take a look at the machining options available for the user to select :

1. DEPTH OF CUT IN Z ... plunge rough ... you determine the Z axis DOC.
2. CORNER CHAMFER / RADIUS ... just input the value ... and not just 45 degree chamfers ... any angle you want.
3. CUT-OFF CYCLE ... not just grooving ... cut-off with pecking and even complete retraction.
4. GROOVING ... tons of options for straight cutting, pecking with just a retract or complete retraction.

These are just a couple of the conversational, fill-in-the-blank menus which our users can use to create complex cutting operations.


Not to mention all the companion apps that come with Kipware® conversational :

1. Kipware® SketchPad - Conversational CAD/CAM ... easiest CAM ever !!
2. KipwareTP® - toolpath plotting app now with a full user defined tool library for graphic simulation.
3. KipwareTB® - machine shop toolbox software
4. KipwarePA® - point and shoot G code creator for milling and turning.

There are NO OTHER programming app ... "wizard" or hide behind the "conversational wizard" ... that can match the power and features of Kipware® conversational. We invite you to look around ... we are sure that like the 1200+ Kipware® users ... you'll realize that only Kipware® conversational gives you the professional features you need to be successful.

Kenney Skonieczny - President

Kentech Inc.

We Are About to SHOCK the CAM World !!

Something BIG is brewing here at Kentech Inc. !! 

We are about to 
SHOCK THE WORLD
... of CAM that is.

We have completed both development and BETA testing of a new features to our Kipware® conversational that will stand the world of traditional CAM on it's head !!

Some brief details :

• It's so big we have applied for a U.S. Patent.
• It does have to do with G code creation.
• Software Development and BETA testing have already been completed ... it's ready for release once we get the go-ahead.

Can't wait?
If you are thinking about making a purchase of any of our Kipware® Conversational titles ... now is the time to make the move. All FULL VERSION orders received between April 1, 2013 and April 25, 2013 will receive a FREE upgrade that will include these new features / release.

We invite you to get on board ... join the CAM REVOLUTION that is about to leave the station !!

After all ... 

we can't guarantee that we can hold our current

inexpensive pricing structure 

in the face of such revolutionary developments.

Kenney Skonieczny - President

Kentech Inc.

Dump the G Code Wizards !!

As a developer of conversational CNC programming software since the late '90's ... one of the things that really gets me is the denigration of conversational software into the world of "wizards" category. Conversational software has proven to be one of the best investments you can make for your shop floor programming. Our marketing theme of "CAD/CAM Overkill" is a proven fact ... for the parts made on 95% of shop floors everyday ... CAD/CAM is not required ... can slow down the programming process ... and can remove perfectly good chipmakers from the programming process.

If you take a trip around the web ... you will find a number of "companies" that market their "wizards" for creating G code programs. The closer the look you take ... you will find that ALL treat their applications as after-thoughts ... shoved in on the back page ... given away for free ( because they don't want to support it ) ... and the development is totally incomplete.

Since the late '90's ... Kentech Inc. has taken our Kipware® conversational out of the shadows of after-thoughts and wizards and taken it to the professional level. Our development of our conversational software has led to many innovative features. Realizing that not all shapes are simple and easy ... we developed a new world CAD application. Our SketchPad dumps the unnecessary complexity of CAD programs for a simple, intuitive drawing application anyone can use. PC based conversational frees you from the tether of the machine control and gives you the power of conversational programming anywhere you wish from your desktop to on-the-go on your laptop.

We invite you to spend some time at www.Kipware.com and explore the differences between "wizards" and after-thoughts and a professional, CNC conversational programming applications ... Kipware® conversational.

Dump the Wizards ... 

Go PRO ... 

with Kipware® conversational !!