Prospector™ Features
Failsafe Programming
Solving The Problems That Keep Shop Owners Awake At Night
Key to the widespread adoption of Prospector™ is bullet-proof verification of cutter paths to ensure they are interference and collision free.
Prospector rigorously enforces strict verification of all cutter paths. Under no circumstances will Prospector allow a program be sent to a machine without first checking for part gouges and collisions of the entire tool assembly with stock. Programs imported from other CAM systems as well as those generated by Prospector are checked against the part data and current stock condition to identify gouges and collisions. Offending programs are flagged with warning symbols.
The built-in cutter path analysis feature lets you quickly see where a gouge or stock collision occurs. The problem (gouge or stock collision), the coordinates where the problem occurs and the severity (depth of the gouge) is reported. Offending portions of the program can be edited or program parameters adjusted to eliminate the problem. Once a program is edited in Prospector, it is checked again for gouges and stock collisions to ensure the correctness of the edits.
Graphic symbols are used to mark each program in a project:
A green ball indicates the program has been created and inspected by Prospector and does not gouge the part or collide with stock. It is ready to be post-processed and run on the machine.
A program gouge indicates that this program will gouge the part or cause a stock collision. Either the tool has gouged the part and/or the tool assembly has collided with the stock. Use Program/Inspect to find where the problems are.
Program inspection feature of Prospector details exactly where the problem is, the severity and the type of problem — a gouge of the part data or stock collision.
- Complete multi-media HTML-style help.
- Context sensitive "What's This?" help for every dialog.
- A "What's New" guide in the Help menu to explain new features in every release.
- A Quick Start HTML multi-media tutorial.
- Toll-free Help Desk support and e-mail support.
See for yourself why Prospector is the most powerful, easy-to-learn advanced NC solution available today.