CAD/CAM developments will include a fully automated electrode creation application, automatic feature recognition, which will analyse and automatically identify machinable areas.

CAD/CAM software specialist Vero International Software will be launching release 10 of its VISI Series software solution at the forthcoming MACH 2002 exhibition. With release 10 of VISI-Series, Vero is maintaining its strong focus on the mould and die sector. Many of the new features have been specifically designed for mould and die design and manufacture, an area in which VISI-Series is highly acclaimed.

Vero is firmly established as one of Europe's top five software vendors in mould and die and has also achieved significant growth in the sector in recent times in Thailand, China, Japan and North America.

Detailed descriptions of the new features will not be released until the opening day of MACH 2002 but key new modules will include a fully automated electrode creation application, automatic feature recognition which will analyse and automatically identify machinable areas, parametric strip design within the VISI-Progress module and additional functionality within the surface tools module.

Details of other new features and modules will be released at the exhibition.

With more than 12,000 users world-wide, VISI-Series is recognised as one of the leading PC based design and manufacturing systems,' says Vero's marketing manager Richard Mortimer.

'As part of its policy to constantly update and enhance the product in line with market demands, Vero has continued to develop new features which will maintain VISI-Series in the forefront of CAD/CAM software products,' he adds.