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Surfware Timeline

Surfware, Inc. is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2008, based on 58 years of machining experience and innovation. The following timeline highlights very important milestones achieved through the years. 2008  Surfware’s patent application for Engagement Milling is allowed by the U.S. Patent Office. Machining tests on TrueMill® exceed all expectations. SURFCAM Velocity 4 is released. 2005  A patent for “Engagement Milling” is filed. The mathematics and science behind engagement milling are incorporated into SURFCAM as TrueMill. TrueMIll wins Industry Week’s Technology Innovation Award. 2002  Alan and mathematician Pat Patterson begin research and development on a new toolpath approach. They create two prototypes and file a patent application. 1999  SURFCAM 99 displays remarkable new functionality and continues the company’s continuing goal of improving the speed, functionality and reliability of the product. 1997  SURFCAM Version 7 adds Z-level roughing and finishing, support for open-GL graphics cards. 1994  Version 5 is the first PC CAM system with automatic rendering of blended surfaces. 1991  SURFCAM Version 3 implements the first NURBS surface technology on a PC. 1988  Surfware, Inc. formed. Surfware releases SURFCAM, the first PC based surface modeling and NC programming software. 1980  Alan’s sons Larry and Bryan write a UNIX-based, general purpose solution for surface-modeling and machining. 1970  Alan and his brother-in-law Jack Epps build a NC machine controller that follows splines directly. 1960  Victor and his son Alan Diehl are early adopters of NC (numerical control) mills. 1950  Victor Diehl opens a mold shop in California for machine tooling medical products.

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