Tool deflection limit
(Breakage prevention)

Flexible Licensing Options

One time for life + free updates For Life

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Yearly or Lifetime Subscription

* Full Functionality for the life of Subscription

Then Machine Power is Reduced to the Total number of subscription years

Free for LITE version

One time payment for life,
free updates for life for PRO version

Free with all HSMAdvisor Packages

Fixed Licensing Option:

Yearly and Lifetime subscription

PC, Mac. Requires
Adobe Air, Internet connection

 From $65 per year

Comes with Free FSWizard PRO Mobile app

 From $65 one-time

Comes with Free FSWizard PRO Mobile app

 $49

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Free with all HSMAdvisor Packages

 From $79 per year

No mobile app available

• Made by a professional CNC Programmer/Machinist for CNC Programmers, Machinists and Hobbyists of all levels alike.
• Save Time and Money by streamlining and standardizing machining decisions.
• Get ready-to-use cutting parameters that take less time and effort to produce and require minimal operator attention during program proofing and machining.
• Optimize your productivity by comparing how changes in cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut affect cutting forces and tool life.
• Protect your tooling by limiting allowed cutting force and deflection
• Protect your machine tool by mapping spindle Power Curve and setting limits on spindle torque and maximum feed rate.
• Save tooling and cutting data for future re-use that radically reduces time and money-associated costs
• Turn your second year apprentice into a seasoned veteran who would not try to cut hardened steel as if it was aluminum!
• Help your experienced machinists optimize cutting parameters and preserve their knowledge for future use.

♦ More than 200 different materials sorted in material groups according to SECO specifications

♦ List of recently used materials saves time and effort

♦ Built-in search allows to filter out materials by a portion of their name

♦ Most of modern cutting materials, coatings and their combinations is available with a click of a mouse.

♦ List include such exotic tools as High-Feed and Helical Mills

♦ Comprehensive cutter geometry that can be defined in either imperial or metric units

♦ Fields containing default or ideal values have green background color, while fields with abnormal or exceeding limits values are red or yellow

♦ Suggested cutter engagement values like Depth of Cut (DOC) or Width of Cut (WOC) are directly related to cutter type, geometry and workpiece material

♦ Any field can be immediately converted to inch or metric with a click of a mouse on the corresponding unit icon (in or mm)

♦ Cutting Depth and Width are automatically calculated for each tool in accordance to endmill geometry and material being cut.

♦ Change in either Depth or Width of Cut forces the other value to change accordingly to keep load on tool the same.

♦ Change in both values forces feed rate change.

♦ While HSM (High Speed Machining) techniques often put tooling and machinery on the edge of their capabilities, HSMAdvisor allows you to set maximum tool/machine loads to a comfortable for your case level.

♦ Whenever one or more of safety levels is exceeded a warning is triggered pointing the source of the problem and possible ways to fix it.

♦ Chip Thinning and HSM switches allow to account for effect of reducing chip thickness as radial depth of cut is reduced below 30% of the cutter diameter. And maximize cutting speed and feed rate.

♦ To accommodate variations in quality of tooling and machine rigidity, a Tool Performance slider was introduced.
It allows to gradually decrease or increase level of tool/material load to achieve optimum performance often exceeding manufacturer-recommended parameters.

♦ Drilling tools come with depth/effective diameter calculator

♦ Circular interpolation/ramping calculator adjusts cutting feed rate according to geometry of the Hole or the Boss

♦ Helical Ramping Calculator allows to quickly calculate helix pitch and ramp angle

♦ Scallop calculator for Ball Nose End Mills quickly converts step-over to scallop height and vise-verse.

♦ Turning Surface Finish Calculator estimates and adjusts feedrate to get desired surface finish.

♦ Latest addition - tapping module specifies recommended drill size.

♦ A convenient table allows to quickly find suitable substitute for any drill size in either imperial or metric.

♦ Speed and Feed overrides help users fine-tune expected cutter life

♦ Tool Life indicator shows how tool life changes according to current cutting data

♦ Manufacturer Settings allow to specify exact recommended tool manufacturer cutting speed and chip load for each particular material.

♦ Advanced tool settings allow to change aggressiveness of the cut and limit cutting forces to a acceptable level.

♦ Machine Spindle power output varies with RPM.
Using Machine Definition dialog users can map their machine's Spindle Power Curve and prevent dangerous spindle stall conditions that lead to crashes.

♦ Both belt drive and gearbox spindles are supported equally

♦ By checking "Calculations stick to predefined RPM" box user can force calculated RPM to always round towards the closest RPM value from the power curve table.
Thus supporting machines where spindle speed changes are made by means of swapping pulleys or changing gears.

♦ HSMAdvisor Cloud allows you to download and upload machines stored on the Internet.

♦ Each saved tool entry can have unlimited number of Cuts attached to it.

♦ Cut is a workpiece-material related data like Cutter Engagement and any possible overrides that affect resulting cutting speed and chipload.

♦ Tool Database stores all tooling and associated cutting data in one place.

♦ User can Copy, Move, Delete and Merge Libraries and tools alike.

♦ Using "Actions" Button you can import and export Tool Libraries to and from HSMAdvisor for easy sharing and back-up.

♦ Tool Database can be shared across several HSMAdvisor seats running on a network.

♦ Included Tool Management options allow to keep track of stock, create Purchase Requests and Re-stock tools.

♦ At a later stage it will be possible to synchronize Local Database with an online cloud storage allowing multiple programmers from around the world to have access to the same knowledge base.

♦  Threads Tab shows specifications for major internal and external thread types.

♦ Three wire measurement allows use of both predefined and available wire sizes.

♦ It also lists Minimum, maximum and Best wire size for each thread size and class.

Various geometric calculators in the Reference tab

♦ Scientific Calculator

♦ Bolt Hole and Partial Bolt Hole Calculators

♦ Bolt Line Calculator

♦ Drill Point / Countersink Calculator

MasterCAM Integration

♦ Use a purpose-built hook to claculate cutting parameters for most milling and drilling toolpaths and tools

♦ Save cutting parameters into a database and recall them to quickly apply saved parameters to new toolpaths