GibbsCAM 2013 is a robust and powerful release providing new system enhancements for improved functionality, quality, reliability and performance. Product enhancements are provided throughout the entire package, delivering ongoing value to existing Maintenance customers as well as new users. In addition, GibbsCAM 2013 offers new specialized options for turbomachinery and porting applications. INTERFACE Explode-mode Visualization Explode Mode Video Toolpath Picking and Interrogation Select Other: Allows selection of elements even when they are completely obscured Profiler Enhancements: Includes new options for Silhouette, Spun Outline, and Cylindrical Slice Profiler Enhancement Video Cursor-centered Zoom Option Tile Manager Splitting: Op Manager, Tool Manager, and Process Manager now support view splitting Cylindrical Slice PRODUCTION MILL Mill Feature: Assign certain machining attributes directly to part features for faster process and part creation and changeability Mill Feature Video Contour: New options include Ramp Down, Extra Offsets, User Plunge, and Back and Forth Contour Video Pocketing: New options include Outermost Shape As Boss and Bottom-up Hit Flats (plug-in) Pocketing Video Drilling and Thread Milling Patterns Radial Sorting of 4-axis and 5-axis Holes Radial Sorting Video Radial Sort SOLIDSURFACER Surface Flow: Improved machining algorithm for nonplanar fillets and other blended faces Mill Plunge Rough: Improvements to Circular Layout and new Transversal Clearance parameter Surface Flow PRODUCTION LATHE AND MTM Lathe Plunge Roughing: Improved algorithm produces a more efficient toolpath Lathe Threading/Thread Whirling: Follows any valid shape, including shapes that contain arc or splines Improved Rendering of Swiss-style Machines: Includes rendering of guide-bushings Swiss-style Machining