Irvine, CA, November 21, 2014: MecSoft Corporation, a SolidWorks Gold Certified CAM system developer has announced that VisualCAM 2014 for SolidWorks is certified to run inside the new release of SolidWorks 2015.

“MecSoft is a SolidWorks Gold certified CAM developer, and so we make every effort to always keep our products up-to-date and certified to run with the latest releases of the SolidWorks CAD system” stated Uday Honnalagere, Support Manager for MecSoft.

VisualCAM for SolidWorks is a direct plug-in to the SolidWorks CAD system and includes two CAM modules known as VisualCAM-MILL for SolidWorks, and VisualCAM-TURN for SolidWorks.  Each of these CAM modules runs integrated inside the SolidWorks CAD program and can be bought and licensed independent of each other.

A free demo of VisualCAM 2014 for SolidWorks can be downloaded at http://visualcamforsolidworks.com.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing CNC software solutions for the small to mid-market segments.  These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM^®, VisualCAM for SolidWorks^®, RhinoCAM™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic^®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries.  For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call 949-654-8163.

Irvine, CA – December 15, 2014: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, has announced the release of a new product for the 3D printing industry, Rhino3DPRINT 2015^®.

In response to the current demand for 3D printing technology, MecSoft has introduced its new 3D print product as a fully integrated plug-in to the popular 3D CAD system, Rhinoceros 5.0. This new product offers efficient, easy and automatic tools for preparing 3D data that otherwise cannot be 3D printed. The seamless combination of Rhino’s powerful modeling and extensive file import functionality with Rhino3DPRINT’s data preparation tools enables the user to 3D print models from almost any input source and any major 3D format.

With this announcement, MecSoft positions itself as a forerunner of CAM companies to offer software solutions not only for the traditional Subtractive Manufacturing market but also for the emerging Additive Manufacturing market.

“With the launch of this new product, MecSoft is redefining CAM by offering solutions to target both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing”, stated Joe Anand, President and CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

“As we see both of these manufacturing technologies increasingly start to coexist in shops across the world, MecSoft is uniquely positioned to offer solutions to meet the requirements of such customers.”

For more information about Rhino3DPRINT^® or any other MecSoft products, visit www.mecsoft.com.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments.  These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM^®, VisualCAM for SolidWorks^®, RhinoCAM^®, Rhino3DPRINT^® and VisualCAM for Geomagic^®.  These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit www.mecsoft.com or call 949-654-8163.

Irvine, CA, February 9, 2015: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT 2015, MecSoft’s standalone additive and subtractive manufacturing software suite.

VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT includes two products. The first is VisualCAM, to address the traditional subtractive or CNC manufacturing market with modules VisualMILL, VisualTURN, VisualNEST, and VisualART. The other is Visual3DPRINT, a newly introduced product to address the needs of the emerging additive manufacturing market. Both of these products run completely integrated inside the VisualCAD 2015 base CAD platform and can be bought and licensed independent of each other. MecSoft continues to provide VisualCAD as a completely free design tool. VisualCAD along with all of the above mentioned modules of VisualCAM were significantly enhanced and improved in this 2015 release to provide customers with a seamlessly integrated complete manufacturing platform.

“This release is one of the most exciting releases in the history of MecSoft as we are redefining what CAM means by addressing both the subtractive and the additive manufacturing markets with a single product suite. This release includes a brand new Visual3DPRINT product and the upgraded version of VisualCAM as a single manufacturing platform called VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT. As we see both additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies increasingly start to coexist in shops across the world, we are uniquely positioned to offer solutions to meet the requirements of our customers. We are truly redefining CAM.” stated Joe Anand, President and CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

The free demo software of VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT 2015 can be downloaded at http://mecsoft.com.

For more information, visit mecsoft.com or call (954) 654-8163

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SolidWorks®, RhinoCAM™, Rhino3DPRINT™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call 949-654-8163.

Irvine, CA, February 27, 2015: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of RhinoCAM 2015, a major version release for MecSoft’s integrated CAM solution for Rhino.

RhinoCAM 2015 includes four CAM modules known as RhinoCAM-MILL, RhinoCAM-TURN, RhinoCAM-NEST, and RhinoCAM-ART, each of which run integrated inside the Rhino 5 CAD program and can be bought and licensed independent of each other. All CAM modules were significantly enhanced and improved in this 2015 release to provide customers with a powerful and complete manufacturing platform.

“In this new release of RhinoCAM, we have not only significantly enhanced all of our CAM modules but are also introducing our first automatic machining functionality. With the introduction of Hole Feature detection and the automatic machining of these hole features, we are significantly increasing the productivity of our customers. All of this new functionality makes the Rhino and RhinoCAM 2015 combination one of the best design and manufacturing systems in the market today, even when compared with systems that cost significantly more.” stated Joe Anand, President and CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

The free demo software of RhinoCAM 2015 can be downloaded at Rhinocam.com.

For more information, please visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SolidWorks®, RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit www.mecsoft.com or call 949-654-8163.

Irvine, CA, March 20, 2015: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAM 2015 for SOLIDWORKS, a major version release for MecSoft’s integrated Gold Certified CAM solution for SOLIDWORKS.

VisualCAM 2015 for SOLIDWORKS includes 2 CAM modules known as VisualCAM-MILL for SOLIDWORKS, and VisualCAM-TURN for SOLIDWORKS, each of which run integrated inside the SOLIDWORKS CAD program and can be bought and licensed independent of each other. Both modules were significantly enhanced and improved in this 2015 release to provide customers with a powerful and complete manufacturing platform.

“With this release we are continuing to strengthen our fully integrated CAM product for SOLIDWORKS. Both the MILL and the TURN modules of this product have been greatly improved based on user input and together with the seamless integration inside SOLIDWORKS, we continue to provide leading edge manufacturing capabilities for SOLIDWORKS users worldwide.” stated Joe Anand, President and CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

A free demo of VisualCAM 2015 for SOLIDWORKS can be downloaded at http://visualcamforsolidworks.com.

For more information, please visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS®, RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit www.mecsoft.com or call 949-654-8163.

Irvine, CA, March 30, 2015: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAM 2015 for Geomagic, a major version release for MecSoft’s integrated CAM solution for Geomagic Design from 3D Systems Corporation.

VisualCAM 2015 for Geomagic includes 2 CAM modules known as VisualCAM-MILL for Geomagic, and VisualCAM-TURN for Geomagic, each of which run integrated inside the Geomagic Design CAD program and can be bought and licensed independent of each other. Both modules were significantly enhanced and improved in this 2015 release to provide customers with a powerful and complete manufacturing platform.

“With this release we are continuing to strengthen our fully integrated CAM product for Geomagic. Both the MILL and the TURN modules of this product have been greatly improved based on user input and together with the seamless integration inside Geomagic Design, we continue to provide leading edge manufacturing capabilities for Geomagic Design users worldwide.” stated Joe Anand, President and CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

A free demo of VisualCAM 2015 for Geomagic can be downloaded at http://visualcamforgeomagic.com.

For more information, please visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT^®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS^®, RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic^®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call 949-654-8163.

Irvine, CA, July 23, 2015: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, has announced service pack releases for all of its 2015 versions of CAM and 3DPRINT products.

“We have released service packs for all our 2015 products to fix issues discovered by our customers and also to add some minor enhancements,” stated Uday Honnalagere, Support Manager for MecSoft Corporation. “All products have undergone rigorous testing and we are proud to announce that these are the best quality products that we have released thus far”.

Free demo software of all of our products can be downloaded at http://mecsoft.com/downloaddemos/.

For more information, visit mecsoft.com or call (954) 654-8163

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT^®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS^®, RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic^®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, September  28, 2015: MecSoft Corporation announces today the release of CAMJam 2015, the Video Training Companion for their popular VisualCAM® and RhinoCAM® Milling modules.

Version 2015 of their CNC Milling module contains new toolpath strategies, new Hole Feature Recognition capability for “push-button” CNC programming as well as numerous interface and productivity enhancements. CAMJam 2015 is the complete unscripted video archive of training sessions conducted by the support staff at MecSoft Corporation.

“CAMJam 2015 is the perfect companion for new and seasoned users alike who want to achieve the maximum shop-floor benefits their software provides. Time is money! All training sessions are organized by content, indexed and searchable so you know exactly which video to watch to get your questions answered. New users will also benefit from the additional uninterrupted full length training sessions included in CAMJam 2015!”

said Don LaCourse, Senior Application Engineer at MecSoft Corporation and one of the principals involved in the creation of this product.

CAMJam 2015 MILL includes:

• Over 80 instructional videos covering the complete 2015 suite of MILL module functionality.
• An additional CAMJam 2015 help platform for the organization and easy retrieval from the video library.
• All of the source part files referenced by the CAMJam 2015 video archive!
• A complete 1,800 page 2015 MILL Reference Guide (in digital PDF format) that you can access anytime, anywhere. Hardcopies of the Reference Guide are also available.

Sample of topics covered:

• The new 2015 MILL User Interface
• Machine Setup, Stock and Geometry considerations for 2½ Axis, 3, 4 and Indexed 5 Axis setups
• EVERY 2, 3, 4 and Indexed 5 Axis machining strategy
• Creating User Defined Form Tools for custom 2½ Axis Profiling operations
• The Post Processor Generator and Setup for 2½ Axis, 3, 4 and 5 Axis milling
• Implementing custom Tool Libraries and Machining Knowledge Bases
• Implementing User-specific defaults databases
• Using 2½, 3 Axis Machining Regions and Control Geometry effectively
• Viewing, Simulating and Editing your toolpaths operations

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT^®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS^®, RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic^®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, October 16, 2015: announces today their partnership with Creative Tools. This partnership allows Creative Tools to sell and support MecSoft’s 3D printing software tools along with their 3D printers to enable easy and error free 3D printing of models from almost any source.

Creative Tools is a provider of market-leading brands of 3D software and hardware in addition to supplying innovative services for product visualization and rapid prototyping. They offer a wide range of creative tools and solutions to help organizations and individuals to achieve their goals and to increase efficiency in their day-to-day challenges.

“We at Creative Tools are very excited to embrace the 3D printing future together with the team at MecSoft Corporation. Rhino3DPRINT and Visual3DPRINT now enrich our product portfolio and will augment the 3D printing capabilities of the well-established Rhinoceros user group – making 3D printing easier and more accessible for all.”

said Paulo Kiefe, CEO of Creative Tools.

To learn more about our 3D Printer tools, visit: http://mecsoft.com/3dprint/
For information on Creative Tools visit: http://www.creativetools.se/mecsoft-en/

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT^®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS^®, RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic^®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, November 3, 2015: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of Rhino3DPRINT 2016.

Rhino3DPRINT 2016 is a fully integrated plug-in that runs inside Rhinoceros 5.0 that offers easy and efficient automatic tools for preparing 3D data that could not otherwise be 3D printed.

Some of the enhanced features inside Rhino3DPRINT 2016 are:

• Support Generation for holding up areas that have overhangs
• Determination of best orientation of geometry for printing
• Generate nozzle deposition patterns and associated G-code to drive FDM printers
• Ability to cycle through holes in a mesh and manually fix them
• Intersect & Splitting two sets of meshes
• Ability to select & manipulate selected portions of a mesh using a graphical manipulator

Anita Anand, VP of Sales at MecSoft Corporation, stated

“This new release, fashioned by listening to our customers, launches Rhino3DPRINT to the forefront of products for the 3D printing market. No longer is it necessary to cobble together different products to get your 3D data to the printer. The toolset offered by Rhino3DPRINT along with the native tools of Rhino make it a complete, robust and cost effective solution for 3D printing. We are indeed excited to bring this product update to market.”

Download a free demo of Rhino3DPRINT 2016.
Learn more about our 3DPrint products at MecSoft.com.
For more information, visit our website or contact us at 954-654-8163.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT^®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS^®, RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT™ and VisualCAM for Geomagic^®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, November 30, 2015: MecSoft Corporation announces the release of VisualIMPORT for Onshape. VisualIMPORT for Onshape allows access to the users’ on-line Onshape account from inside VisualCAD, enabling users to view and import part files from their Onshape account. Once imported into VisualCAD, users can utilize VisualCAD’s plug-ins such as VisualCAM to create cutter paths for CNC machining (Subtractive Manufacturing) and Visual3DPRINT to make the models amenable for 3D printing (Additive Manufacturing).

“MecSoft is extremely excited to partner with Onshape to allow our mutual customers access their Onshape part files for the purposes of manufacturing them. We are also excited to be announcing this first ever CAM & 3DPrinting bridge to the Onshape product – the only truly cloud based CAD product in the market today. We look forward to working with Onshape in the near future bringing additional new innovations to the changing CAD/CAM market.”

said MecSoft’s President and CEO, Joe Anand.

About Onshape

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Onshape is a fully-cloud based 3D CAD system that brings your entire design team together to be able to work on a design using any web browser, phone or tablet. The struggle with finding secure and simultaneous access to a master version of your CAD data is over, without the hassles of creating duplicate files. Learn more about Onshape.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS® and RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit MecSoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, December 8, 2015: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of RhinoCAM 2016, the newest version of MecSoft’s integrated CAM solution for the Windows version of Rhinoceros 5.0.

RhinoCAM 2016 includes four CAM modules known as RhinoCAM-MILL, RhinoCAM-TURN, RhinoCAM-NEST, and RhinoCAM-ART, each of which run integrated inside the Windows version of Rhinoceros 5 CAD program and can be bought and licensed independent of each other. All CAM modules were significantly enhanced and improved in this 2016 release to provide customers with a powerful and complete manufacturing platform.

Some of the newly introduced features are:

• Enhancements to 2 Axis, 3 Axis and 4 Axis Milling as well as Turning toolpath methods
• Enhancements to Cut Material Simulation, Tooling & Feeds/Speeds
• Enhancements to Knowledge Bases for the automation of programming tasks
• Utilities for cabinet makers to help in programming toolpaths for cabinet manufacturing
• Enhancements to the RhinoCAM-NEST module

“RhinoCAM 2016, improves upon a CAM product that consistently exceeds expectations of our users. With an emphasis on automation of programming tasks in this release, along with our continued focus on improving our toolpath generation methods, we are proud to release this product to our customers.”

stated Joe Anand, President and CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

To download a free software demo of RhinoCAM 2016, visit mecsoft.com/rhinocam-software.

For additional information, please call us at (949) 654-8163 or visit mecsoft.com

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SolidWorks®, RhinoCAM™ and Rhino3DPRINT®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call 949-654-8163.

Irvine, CA, January 11, 2016: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAD/CAM 2016, MecSoft’s flagship standalone CNC programming software.

VisualCAM, running completely integrated inside the VisualCAD base CAD platform, addresses the CNC manufacturing market with modules VisualMILL, VisualTURN, VisualNEST, and VisualART. MecSoft continues to provide VisualCAD as a completely free design tool.

VisualCAD/CAM 2016 has been enhanced to bring you the best and most affordable CAD/CAM manufacturing platform on the market today. These changes include:

• Enhancements to geometry construction and design functions in VisualCAD
• Enhancements to 2 Axis, 3 Axis and 4 Axis milling methods
• Enhancements to Tooling, Feeds/Speeds and Knowledge Bases
• Utilities for cabinet makers to help in programming toolpaths for cabinet manufacturing
• Enhancements to the NEST module

“Just as with our recent release of RhinoCAM 2016, VisualCAD/CAM 2016, improves upon a CAM product that consistently exceeds expectations of our users. With an emphasis on automation of programming tasks in this release, along with our continued focus on improving our toolpath generation methods, we are proud to release this product to our customers.” ,

stated Joe Anand, President & CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

The free demo software of VisualCAD/CAM 2016 can be downloaded at MecSoft.com.

For more information, visit MecSoft.com or call (954) 654-8163.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS® and RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, January 18^th, 2016: MecSoft Corporation announces that it has joined the Onshape App Store. The Onshape App Store that has been released in private beta allows users of Onshape easy access to applications to augment the capabilities of the Onshape CAD product. MecSoft is a principal CAM participant in this App Store with an initial product offering called VisualIMPORT for Onshape.

VisualIMPORT for Onshape allows access to the users’ on-line Onshape account from inside VisualCAD, enabling users to view and import part files from their Onshape account.  Once imported into VisualCAD, users can utilize VisualCAD’s plug-in VisualCAM to create cutter paths for CNC machining.

VisualCAM additionally includes a completely free 3 Axis CAM product called FreeMILL.

“We are very happy to see VisualCAM now available to all Onshape users via Onshape App Store. Onshape users now have access to affordable, production level CAM. With just a few clicks from the app store, Onshape users can immediately start generating toolpaths starting with 2 1/2 axis and going all the way to 5 axis.  Users are now cutting parts on their CNC machines directly from the Onshape documents. The fact that users can also access FreeMILL, a free 3 axis CAM component of VisualCAM is an added benefit” says John McEleney, CEO of Onshape.

“MecSoft is extremely excited to partner with Onshape by participating in their app store to bring CAM functionality to Onshape. With VisualIMPORT for Onshape, a product that can be obtained through the app store, Onshape customers can access their Onshape part files for the purposes of manufacturing them” says Joe Anand, CEO of MecSoft.

About Onshape

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Onshape is a fully-cloud based 3D CAD system that brings your entire design team together to be able to work on a design using any web browser, phone or tablet. The struggle with finding secure and simultaneous access to a master version of your CAD data is over, without the hassles of creating duplicate files. Learn more about Onshape.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS® and RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, January 25, 2016: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAM 2016 for SOLIDWORKS, the latest version of MecSoft’s integrated Gold Certified CAM solution for SOLIDWORKS.

VisualCAM 2016 for SOLIDWORKS includes 2 CAM modules known as VisualCAM-MILL for SOLIDWORKS, and VisualCAM-TURN for SOLIDWORKS, each of which run integrated inside the SOLIDWORKS CAD program and can be bought and licensed independent of each other. The 2016 version includes enhancements to 2 Axis, 3 Axis and 4 Axis milling methods, Tooling, Feeds/Speeds and Knowledge Bases and more.

“Just as with our recent release of RhinoCAM 2016 and VisualCAD/CAM 2016, this product improves upon a CAM product that consistently exceeds expectations of our users. With an emphasis on automation of programming tasks in this release, along with our continued focus on improving our toolpath generation methods, we are proud to release this product to our customers.”, stated Joe Anand, President & CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

For more information or to download a free demo of VisualCAM 2016 for SOLIDWORKS, visit Mecsoft.com/visualcamforsolidworks.

If you have questions about this product, call us at (949) 654-8163.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS® and RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, February 15, 2016: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of Visual3DPRINT® 2016, the newest version of MecSoft’s standalone 3D Printing Solution.

Visual3DPRINT® is a plug-in from MecSoft Corporation that runs inside the VisualCAD modeler. This product offers efficient, easy and automatic tools for preparing 3D data that otherwise cannot be 3D printed. The combination of VisualCAD’s modeling and extensive file import functionality, and Visual3DPRINT’s data preparation tools enables the user to 3D print models from almost any input source, and any major 3D format.

Visual3DPRINT® has been significantly enhanced and improved in this 2016 release to provide customers with a powerful and complete manufacturing platform. Some of the newly enhanced features are:

• Support Generation for holding up areas that have overhangs
• Determination of best orientation of geometry for printing
• Generate nozzle deposition patterns and associated G-code to drive FDM printers
• Ability to cycle through holes in a mesh and manually fix them
• Intersect and Splitting two sets of meshes
• Ability to select and manipulate selected portions of a mesh using a graphical manipulator

“This new release launches Visual3DPRINT to the forefront of products for the 3D printing market. The toolset offered by Visual3DPRINT along with the functionality offered by VisualCAD make it a complete, robust, and cost effective solution for 3D printing. The added benefit of having VisualCAM running under the same platform cannot also be overstated.”

stated Joe Anand, President and CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

To download a free software demo of Visual3DPRINT® 2016, visit http://mecsoft.com/visual3dprint/.

For additional information, please call us at (949) 654-8163 or visit mecsoft.com.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS® and RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, March 28, 2016: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the launch of its E-Store to enable easy and efficient electronic purchases of MecSoft’s products.

Features of this E-Store include:

• Ability to purchase products securely using a preferred major credit card or a Paypal account.
• Immediate download of purchased products with no waits for shipments.
• Ability to track purchases made through the E-store using user accounts.
• Ability to make purchases using any connected devices including mobile phones and tablets.

“The launch of MecSoft’s E-Store, coupled with the introduction of our new software licensing technology in our 2016 products, has made the user experience of buying and licensing MecSoft’s products a very pleasant and easy one for our customers. This launch brings us one step closer to our goal of complete automation of sales, delivery and licensing of our products.”

stated Anita Anand, VP of Sales for MecSoft Corporation.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS® and RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, June 6, 2016: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the launch of a new configuration to the Milling module of its popular CAM software product line, called Xpress. This configuration is tailored for the growing community of makers, tinkerers, and DIY’ers who are looking for an easy to use, inexpensive but powerful software solution for programming CNC mills.

MILL-Xpress will be available for VisualCAD/CAM, RhinoCAM and VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS.

Features of this configuration include:

• 2½ Axis methods such as Facing, Pocketing, Profiling, and Drilling
• 3 Axis methods such as Z-level roughing and Parallel Finishing
• Standard tools such as Ball, Flat, Corner Radius, V and Drill tools
• Free post processors
• Ability to step up to more advanced configurations as the need arises

The launch of MecSoft’s MILL-Xpress configuration will give the growing community of makers a very capable and inexpensive solution to enable them in their pursuit of learning and utilizing CNC technology. Even though our products are currently being used by many in this movement, we feel that with the launch of this configuration, we are making it even easier for makers to participate in the utilization of advanced CNC technology, stated Joe Anand, President of MecSoft Corporation.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS® and RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, July 18, 2016: MecSoft Corporation announces today the release of CAMJam 2016, the Video Training Companion for the Milling module for its entire line of CAM products. CAMJam 2016 is an update to the CAMJam 2016 product, which is a complete unscripted video archive of training sessions conducted by the support staff at MecSoft Corporation.

CAMJam 2016 is the perfect companion for new and seasoned users alike who want to achieve the maximum shop-floor benefits their software provides. Time is money! All training sessions are organized by content, indexed and searchable so you know exactly which video to watch to get your questions answered. New users will also benefit from the additional uninterrupted full-length training sessions included in CAMJam 2016!

Stated Don LaCourse, Senior Application Engineer at MecSoft Corporation and one of the principals involved in the creation of this product.

CAMJam 2016 MILL includes:

1. Over 80 instructional videos covering the complete 2016 suite of MILL module functionality.
2. CAMJam 2016 PDF document for the organization and easy retrieval from the video library.
3. All of the source part files referenced by the CAMJam video archive!

Sample of topics covered:

1. The new 2016 MILL User Interface
2. Machine Setup, Stock and Geometry considerations for 2½ Axis, 3, 4 and Indexed 5 Axis setups
3. A complete “What’s New” video and discussion on all of the new features in the 2016 release
4. EVERY 2, 3, 4 and Indexed 5 Axis machining strategy
5. The NEW 2½ Axis Roughing strategy!
6. Creating User Defined Form Tools for custom 2½ Axis Profiling operations
7. The Post Processor Generator and Setup for 2½ Axis, 3, 4 and 5 Axis milling
8. Implementing custom Tool Libraries and the new Rules-Based Machining Knowledge Bases
9. Implementing User-specific defaults databases
10. Using 2½, 3 Axis Machining Regions and Control Geometry effectively
11. Viewing, Simulating and Editing your toolpaths operations

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS® and RhinoCAM™ & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Irvine, CA, December 5, 2016: MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAD/CAM 2017 the latest version of their flagship standalone CNC programming software.

Release Highlights:

• Feature detection and Feature Based milling have been introduced. Machining features such as 3 Axis Pockets, Prismatic Pockets, Slots, Planar Faces, and Bosses can now be detected in Solid models (both surface and meshes) and toolpath methods applied to these features.
• New 4 Axis Drive Surface Operation for true 4 Axis Milling has been introduced.
• New Slot Milling Operation for single line and trochoidal machining of slots has been introduced.
• Feed rate slowdown in corners has been implemented in the toolpath editor.
• Tooltip help and algebraic operations in all dialogs have been implemented.

“Feature based machining and automated milling has arrived with VisualCAD/CAM 2017! This new release turbocharges the productivity for our users and ushers in intelligent automation in machining at a price point that is simply hard to match. With a continued emphasis on automation of programming, along with our constant focus on improving our toolpath methods, we are proud to release this product to our customers“

Stated Joe Anand, President, and CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

Free demo software of VisualCAD/CAM 2017 can be downloaded at MecSoft.com/visualcadcam/.

About MecSoft Corporation

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT®, VisualCAM for SolidWorks®, RhinoCAM™ and Rhino3DPRINT®. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries.