Hurco's 'Solid Model Import' option allows 3D models available as STEP files to be imported directly into the machine controller. The new 'Surfacing' option now automatically adds surface data to the solid model. This means that free surfaces can also be programmed on the machine with the Hurco controller. This was not possible before. HURCO, therefore, sees surfacing as nothing less than a generation leap in program development. The fact that the new option now permits the programmatic interpretation of surfaces with multiple curvatures is all the more important because more and more components are designed with such surfaces. This increases the number of tasks that can no longer be handled cost-effectively with conventional methods: Although 3D surfaces could already be produced in individually programmed steps in the past, this was time-consuming. More complex free-form surfaces always required the use of a CAM workstation. With the new surfacing function, this is now also possible directly on the machine with the HURCO control.
