Software

Automation

CAM Software Standardizes, Automates Programming

By encapsulating repetitive procedures and best practices into easy-to-execute routines, CAM software has enabled this shop’s employees to stay focused on value-added tasks, facilitated its efforts to automate production, and contributed to improved productivity and profit margins.

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CAD/CAM

3D CAD Viewer

Reid Supply Company offers a 3D CAD viewer of industrial products drawings in its CAD library to help users see their parts before downloading them.

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CAD/CAM

Five-Axis Software Optimizes Complex Machining

Gibbs and Associates’ GibbsCAM 2011 software includes multitask machining and five-axis CNC programming features that optimize programming of complex machining in industries such as medical, aerospace and energy.

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SolidWorks Plug-In Enhances Workflow

MecSoft Corporation’s VisualXport for SolidWorks is a direct plug-in that enables users to export their parts in VisualMill-formatted files (.vcp).

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CAD/CAM

Data Repair Module for CAM Software

Delcam offers a data repair module for its FeatureCAM system.

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PLM Solution Features Web-Based Platform

Omnify Software offers the next-generation Empower PLM solution, version 5.0.

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CAD/CAM

Software Helps Students Learn CAD/CAM

Mastercam QuickPart, a standalone product developed on the Mastercam Demo/Home Learning Edition platform, is designed to offer students a fast, easy way to design and cut parts while learning the principles of CAD/CAM through step-by-step instructions.

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CAD/CAM

NC Program Optimization Software Displays Performance Indicators

Third Wave Systems offers Production Module version 5.9, an NC program optimization system that integrates workpiece material models, cutting tool geometries and machine dynamics to predict and display previously unattainable machining performance indicators.

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CAD/CAM

CAM Software Improves Milling, Modeling and Toolpath Editing

SmartCAMcnc has added improved milling functionality and several modeling and toolpath-editing enhancements to the latest iteration of its CAM software, SmartCAM V18.0.

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Airing Dirty Laundry

A manufacturer we recently profiled plans to enable customers to track their jobs through the shop floor in real time. Will the benefits of such a policy outweigh the potential pitfalls?

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