NC-Hops: The variant CAD/CAM system for processing wood, plastic and aluminium
NC-Hops has variable macro technology and is ideally suited to programming complex components for your CNC machine quickly, easily and save.
NC-Hops is used in the following industries:
- furniture production
- interior fittings
- door production for leaf and frame
- staircase manufacturing
- window production
- facade construction
- ship interior outfitting and yacht building
- truck trailer and caravan production
- acoustic components
Advantages of programming with NC hops:
- quick and easy input in dialogue with EasySnap function
- create your own macros
- different views in 2D and 3D
- machine-independent programming
- many system macros, e.g. for text milling, free pockets
- programming of 5-axis machining operations
- flexible interface concept
Workcenter
- convenient setup of workpieces
- automatic positioning of the suction cups and clamps
- integrated drilling and movement optimisation
- direct communication with the CNC machine
- simple shifting and turning of the workpieces on the machine table
- possibility of multiple assignment of workpieces
- automatic reclamping of window and door parts
MT-Manager
- convenient creation of tools and machine details with graphical support
- simple dialogues with help graphics for defining the tool parameters
- graphic view of the drilling and milling units
- direct communication with the tool memory of the machine control unit
Machine simulation with material removal and collision control:
- visualisation of the machined material
- visualisation of Spannelemente
- display of profile tools
- integrated collision control
- zoom in on any details
- possibility to control the sequence of operations on the machine
BetterNest
- material savings through optimisation
- labelling of all single parts
- communication with ERP systems and boards warehouse management
- importing parts lists
- stay-down strategy - avoidance of lead-in and lead-out movements across several components
- betterline strategy - single milling between 2 parts
- creatiion of bars
- residual part shredding
- machining on both sides possible
- clamex machining in the nest
- optimisation of the processing sequences for optimum use of the vacuum
5-axis simultaneous
- milling of 3-dimensional contours with 5 axes
- constantly changing angular position of the tool to the milling contour
- very simple programming via head and foot contour
Door processing / Fenmatik / Fentura (FKM)
- simple programming of framed doors with automatic individual part output
- simple programming of room doors via predefined macros for fittings
- possibility to create your own door models
- parametric creation of your own door models including all posts and frame parts
- data transfer from window construction programmes
BetterCam
- BetterCam is the optimal interface between FreeCAD and NC-Hops
- simply define your NC machining operations on the 3D Solid
- many features are available for the realisation of your individual milling strategy
aCADemy
- convenient design options via CAD functions
- import option for DXF/DWG data
- extensive geometry functions such as polyline, spline, elliptical arc, etc.
- fast transfer of CAD data to NC hops
