What's new in v9

[beav700]

I'm sure some of you are beta testers and have some idea of what's new in the upcoming release. Any hints, rumors, give me something.

[cadcam]

We have not received the first beta yet.

some time over the next cou[le of months i heard.

[Charles Davis]

Yeah, lots of nice stuff coming in 9.

The main interface remains the same, but a lot of final "cleanup" work underneath. For example, all sub menues are in dialog box format. The new speeds and feeds calculator is done well.

New Cplane manager accomodates Cplanes and Views much, much better.

Too many little things to mention (improved thread milling, Squash is now a function rather than a C-hook, much, much more, hundreds of them that us experienced users will appreciate).

A lot of VERY nice enhancements to 3D machining. All I can say is anyone doing 3D work will want the upgrade as soon as its available.

Lots of cool stuff in Wire, and a new Router specific products that will really rock that industry.

Some other things that I don't think I should disclose now, but you should hear about it soon, especially in the area of Solids.

I'm a dealer and saw 9 at the conference.

This is a very nice, and substantial, incremental upgrade from 8.1. Like from 7-8, it's an upgrade worth purchasing for most users.

Hope that wets your apetite. Look for announcements of new functions with the release. You'll see that in the newsletter, and on www.mastercam.com

[beav700]

Thanks Charles. Looks like another great release.

[gcode]

Chareles, Do you have any idea when they are going to release V9 to the beta users?

[cadcam]

Gcode the last i heard was around sept.

this is what i was told but charles might know better sense he went to the resellers semi.

[Charles Davis]

I think it will be sooner rather than later. But these things are hard to predict. Reminds me of a saying guys building their own plane use, "I'm 90% done and have 90% left to do!"