CAD Creation / Editing Tools
|
VisualMill Pro |
VisualMill |
| 2D Cad Creation |
Yes |
Yes |
| 3D Cad Creation (limited) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Solid Modeling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dimensioning |
Yes |
Yes |
| Layers |
Yes |
Yes |
| Unlimited Undo |
Yes |
Yes |
| Clipboard |
Yes |
Yes |
| True Type Font Text |
Yes |
Yes |
| Measurement Tools |
Yes |
Yes |
2 1/2 Axis Milling |
VisualMil Pro |
VisualMill |
| Pocketing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Profiling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Engraving |
Yes |
Yes |
| Facing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Re-Machining |
Yes |
No |
| V-Carving |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hole Milling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Thread Milling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced Pocketing |
Yes |
No |
| Advanced Profiling |
Yes |
No |
3 Axis Milling |
VisualMil Pro |
VisualMill |
| Horizontal Roughing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Parallel Finishing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Horizontal Finishing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plunge Roughing |
Yes |
No |
| Horizontal Re-roughing |
Yes |
No |
| Plunge Re-roughing |
Yes |
No |
| 3 Axis Pocketing |
Yes |
No |
| Pencil Tracing |
Yes |
No |
| Valley Re-machining |
Yes |
No |
| Plateau Machining |
Yes |
No |
| Steep Area Parallel Machining |
Yes |
No |
| Horizontal Hill Machining |
Yes |
No |
| Curve Machining |
Yes |
No |
| Spiral Machining |
Yes |
Yes |
| Radial Machining |
Yes |
Yes |
| Between 2 Curves Machining |
Yes |
No |
| Reverse Post Machining |
Yes |
No |
4 Axis Milling |
|
VisualMill |
| 4-Axis Indexed Machining |
Yes |
No |
| 4-Axis Continuous Rotary Machining |
Yes |
No |
| 4-Axis Continuous Rotary Engraving |
Yes |
No |
| 4-Axis Parallel Roughing |
Yes |
No |
5 Axis Milling |
|
VisualMill |
| Indexing |
Yes |
No |
Hole Making |
|
VisualMill |
| Automatic hole Selection, Sorting |
Yes |
Yes |
| Drilling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tapping |
Yes |
Yes |
| Boring |
Yes |
Yes |
| Reverse Boring |
Yes |
Yes |
| User defined drilling cycles |
Yes |
Yes |
Toolpath Simulation |
|
VisualMill |
| Toolpath Animation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cut Material Simulation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced Cut Material Simulation |
Yes |
No |
Tools |
|
VisualMill |
| Thread Mill |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tool Holder Simulation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Form Tools |
Yes |
No |
Toolpath Editing |
|
VisualMill |
| Toolpath Graphical Editing |
Yes |
No |
| Toolpath Instancing |
Yes |
No |
| Toolpath Arc Fitting |
Yes |
No |
Post-Processor Generator |
|
VisualMill |
| User Customizable Post-Processor Generator |
Yes |
Yes |
| 5-Axis post-processing |
Yes |
No |
| User Defined Cycles |
Yes |
Yes |
| Helix Output |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spiral Output |
Yes |
Yes |
| Simulate Cycles |
Yes |
Yes |
X-pert DNC |
|
VisualMill |
| Direct numerical control |
Yes |
Yes |
MetaCut Utilities |
|
VisualMill |
| GCode Editor & Analysis Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
