Dear John Smith,

We are happy to send you this next new issue of the DeskProto newsletter, about "CNC machining for non-machinists".  We hope that you will enjoy reading.

DeskProto version 7.1 has been released ! We are very happy to announce the release of DeskProto Version 7.1 After many months of beta testing, and after fixing numerous small errors in the builds for Linux, MacOS and Windows, the new version now is ready. Most important new feature is shown above: Simulation is now also possible for rotation axis toolpaths. This feature has been requested by many users.

Rectangular blocks for rotary machining A second important new feature is the support of rectangular blocks for rotation axis machining (previous versions only offered cylinder shaped blocks). As you can see in the image above this is much more efficient: previously for this block a complete cylinder volume would have been machined, with the cutter machining just air part of the time, the current version machines only the block.

Enhance your postprocessor: placeholders A powerful new feature is the use of placeholders in the postprocessor. This provides a method to include project information in your NC files: a feature that has been requested many times as well. The image above shows how it works: the placeholder (for instance "{PROJNAME}") in the NC file will be replaced by its value (in this case the project name "Bottle"). You can find more information about this new version on page New in V71. And you can download the new version on the Download page.

Discount on updates from older versions As promised: this is a free update for all users of Version 7.0 (it will recognize the unlocking key of your V7 license). Simply download and install the V7.1 free edition (it will not change your current V7.0 installation). For users of older DeskProto versions we have a special offer: >>> in May all updates from older versions are available at 20% discount.

DeskProto widely used for custom insoles Over the past years DeskProto has become the standard CAM program for many suppliers of orthotic insoles worldwide. One of them is Podo Canada in Ottawa (Canada). On the latest Gallery page you can read all about the products and services that they offer. Thanks for sharing ! This wide acceptance has been caused not only by the ease of use and the quality of the toolpaths. Part of this success is due to the easy integration in specialized orthotic design software : the CAD program can run DeskProto fully automated by calling it with some command line parameters. So the actual end-user does not need to be trained in using DeskProto.

Try for yourself and download the DeskProto Free edition from our website. To get started you can use the tutorials (both video and PDF) and the sample geometries.
This is all possible completely free of charge !

Best Regards,

Lex Lennings.

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