GF Machining Solutions released version 1.12.5 of its CAM software for texturing, engraving and micromachining Laser machines. This release includes two major new features: 3DCurvesTM and FlexiBlastTM, incorporated in LaserDesignTM. The first new functionality of this release called 3DCurvesTM allows users to significantly increase design capabilities while eliminating potential undesirable optical effects on laser engraved parts. 3DCurvesTM enables a novel approach when creating fine-line patterns and textures. Users no longer need to go through a classical hatching process based on a grayscale bitmap, but thanks to 3DcurvesTM can engrave directly with a single continuous laser path following each individual polyline. This new technology is of great interest for the production of textures with lines requiring high precision, for example for plastic parts used in the ICT or the automotive industries, or for directly engraved parts in the watchmaking or jewelry industries. 3DCurvesTM allows designers to create unprecedented designs applied in 2D with GF Machining Solutions' LASER P range of machines. It also offers the possibility to create curves virtually on complex 3D parts and molds with the LASER S range of machines. The technology uses polylines and not images, which are limited by their bitmap resolution, to orientate the Laser vectors in the local coordinate system.
