For V37, we aimed to add as much feedback from our customers as possible. With this in mind, we were able to integrate over 130 feature requests from support tickets, beta testers, and even social media posts. Within these features, you can simple but essential additions like Automatic GPU optimization or Tangent to Tangent Radius to complex functionality like applying the optimal angle to the Advance Planar Toolpath 

I am sure you will find more than one feature that will help your machining and programming process 

This is a perfect example of an important feature request implemented in V37. To program a simple taper pocket, you would have to create a solid model with the taper or draft angle and then use a 3D roughing operation like advanced roughing to generate the toolpath. The 2D Pocket toolpath will allow you to set a taper or draft angle to generate the toolpath directly from the wireframe. 

We know most of our users work with wireframe, our goal is to eliminate as many unnecessary steps as possible 

We know it is standard for most machine shops to have different tool providers and even specific tool groups for particular jobs or materials. Therefore, we are not surprised that not being able to have multiple tool libraries in our system was a common complaint within the BobCAD community.  As I mentioned before, the idea behind V37 was to address all these issues, and now you not only can have multiple tool libraries, we have revamped the tool creation workflow, improved the Tool Crib, and even added merge options for tool Crib import. 

Having the right tool available when programming is key to keeping an efficient workflow and, more importantly, having a program that mirrors the expected result. 

When cutting a flat surface with gaps or fragments, like a pocket, you had to create an additional surface to cover the gaps and fragments, right? Well, by selecting the ignore gaps feature, the toolpath will cut the entire surface without any CAD redesign of the original part. 

The less CAD you do, the more parts you cut. 

 We found an interesting trend within our feature request: most of you wanted our system to be much more efficient when handling retractions, lead-ins, and Linking in our toolpaths.  In other words, some of our toolpaths had too many unnecessary retractions, ramps, or inefficient linking. So in V37, we have added:

This upgrade successfully reduces linking motions by up to 30%, translating to considerably shorter machining times while still adhering to machining safety standards. 

For the first time, our three-axis pro toolpaths will consider the stock when computing; this reduces unnecessary link and ramp movements while ensuring a collision-free toolpath. 

This feature will optimize the toolpath contours to reduce unnecessary retractions and ramps. 

This is just a smarter toolpath. Basically, when cutting several surfaces with the same toolpath, the system will optimize the cutting order to eliminate inefficient linking and unnecessary retractions. Many users complain about their toolpath cutting one surface and moving to the other side of the part, only to go back to cut the area next to the initial surface.  

Our goal is for all toolpaths to be as efficient and intelligent as possible, guaranteeing the shortest machining times in the industry. BobCAD CAM V37 is the version that has focused the most on achieving this goal.