The SolidWorks offering could ramp up the number of CAM users by making the tool available to more engineers and designers, Joshi says. Previously, he spent six years on the SolidWorks research and development team. Joshi is chief executive officer at the CAD outsourcing firm Indovance. This SolidWorks tool could close that disconnect.” “With integrated CAM, they’re not as disconnected as that, but there’s still a disconnect. “The general idea has been that engineers design something and then the manufacturing people eventually figure out how to manufacture it,” says Sandesh Joshi. SolidWorks CAM could create codes for the end machine used for manufacturing. Without CAM, manufacturers use the CAD design to program the tools themselves. And not all those who design in CAD enter design features into CAM to control the machine tools. Without CAM, manufacturers can be on their own when programming machines to make the CAD model. Engineers and designers who use CAM can evaluate designs earlier in the design process to ensure they can be manufactured, thus avoiding product costs and delays. It’s no secret that engineers struggle to create designs that are easy to manufacture while machinists complain about receiving unworkable CAD models.ĬAM software uses the CAD models to generate the toolpaths that drive computer numerically controlled manufacturing machines. Yet, the announcement of SolidWorks CAM, released in October as a SolidWorks 2018 add-on, has created a small buzz in engineering technology circles.
When the engineering software vendor announced it was moving from integrated CAM to a total CAD/CAM solution industry watchers took note.įor engineers and design companies, it’s not difficult to find integrated computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing technologies.
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