Operations matrix
| Configurations Operations | Wire EDM | Lathe | Cutting 2D | Cutting 5D | Cutting 5D Advanced | 2.5X Mill | 3X Mill | 3X Mill Advanced | Rotary | 5X Mill | 5X Mill Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | |||||||||||
| Setup stage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Part | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Copy of part | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiply Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lathe | |||||||||||
| Lathe facing | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| OD roughing | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| ID roughing | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| OD finishing | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| ID finishing | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| OD Grooving | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| ID Grooving | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Face grooving | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| OD Adaptive turning | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| OD Threading | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| ID Threading | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Profile threading | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Lathe part-off | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Part-off with takeover | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Lathe hole machining | ✓ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Robotic turning + | ○+ | ○+ | ○+ | ○+ | ○+ | ||||||
| Holes | |||||||||||
| Hole machining | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| FBM Mill | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2D | |||||||||||
| Pocketing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Engraving | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 2D contouring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Basic | |||||||||||
| Face milling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Roughing waterline | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Finishing waterline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Roughing plane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| 2.5D contouring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Flat land | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 3D contouring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Advanced | |||||||||||
| Combo Finish | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Surfacing | ✓** | ✓*** | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Scallop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Helical | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Morph | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Undercut waterline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Swarf | ✓ | ||||||||||
| 5D roughing waterline | ✓ | ||||||||||
| 5D by meshes | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| 6D contouring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Rotary | |||||||||||
| Rotary waterline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Rotary roughing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Rotary finishing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Morph 4D*** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| 4D surfacing*** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| 4D contouring*** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Turbomachinery Milling | |||||||||||
| Impeller Machining | ○ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Blade Machining | ○ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Rest machining | |||||||||||
| Corners cleanup | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Pencil | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Chamfering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Legacy operations | |||||||||||
| Finishing plane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Optimized plane | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Complex | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Cutting | |||||||||||
| Jet cutting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Jet cutting 5D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Knife cutting 2D | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||
| Knife cutting 6D | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||
| Disc tool | |||||||||||
| Disc roughing | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| Disc cutting 2D | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Disc cutting 6D | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| Wire EDM | |||||||||||
| Wire EDM | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| Additive | |||||||||||
| Area cladding | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| Curve cladding | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| Cladding 3D | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| Cladding 5D | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| Planar slicing | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||
| Non-planar slicing | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| Welding | |||||||||||
| Welding + | ○+ | ○+ | ○+ | ○+ | ○+ | ||||||
| Spray | |||||||||||
| Painting + | ○+ | ○+ | ○+ | ○+ | |||||||
| Auxiliary operations | |||||||||||
| Group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auxiliary operation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| G-code operations | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Move part | |||||||||||
| Point Pick and place | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| Bar feeding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Sub spindle working | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Turn take over | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Place to next stage | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| Probing | |||||||||||
| Tool probing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Part probing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Turn tool probing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Turn part probing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ — included in the configuration
○ — available as an additional option
- "Robot+" is needed
*limited to machining pockets with vertical walls only
**limited to generate only 3-axis toolpath
***limited to generate up to 4-axis toolpath *** *operations available depending on the milling or turning configuration
Combo Finish in 3X Mill: Plane, Waterline, and Plane + Waterline strategies only; Scallop machining is not included. The full operation is included in 3X Mill Advanced, Rotary, 5X Mill, and 5X Mill Advanced.
Cutting 5D Advanced: Includes all features of Cutting 5D and advanced 6D contouring with Feature Recognition, Support Generator, and NC cycle output. These advanced features are available in 5X Mill and 5X Mill Advanced with the Laser Cutting PRO option.
Turbomachinery PRO: Includes Impeller Machining and Blade Machining. Available as an option for 5X Mill and included in 5X Mill Advanced.
Adaptive Tilting: Automatically avoids holder collisions by tilting the tool along two axes. It is available in 3-axis operations; converting the toolpath into a 5-axis path requires a 5X Mill license.