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An interview with Alan Levine managing director at Open Mind Technologies Inc is presented. Levine said that as with all Open Mind upgrade releases, hyperMill 2017.2 has a broad range of new technologies and enhancements. This release covers 2.5D through fiveaxis milling, mill-turn and new modules such as the hyperCAD-S Electrode module. Cycle time improvements are clearly important to end-user return on investment and productivity. Many years ago, these enhancements would focus solely on better toolpaths. New CAM software technology developments also focus on interaction of CAM software with CNC controls, or CAM software with cutting tool applications. These integrated solutions make a larger impact for software users and reward those that invest in their asset infrastructure. Ultimately the goal is to make better parts-better in terms of time, cost and quality. Faster is one component of making better parts, but not the only measure. CAM software plays an important rule in achieving this goal, and this is often in combination with machine tools, controls, tooling and fixturing systems.