CAD/CAM
Hexagon Edgecam Now Supports Six-Axis Machining
Hexagon’s Edgecam offers dedicated six-axis tools that provide greater toolpath control and more accurate simulation of processes, reducing the need for intervention on the shop floor, improving the utilization of advanced machinery and avoiding the risk of costly damage.
Read More
No Such Thing as Luck: A One-Person Shop Owner’s Success Story
You could say he’s a lucky Guy. He has the ideal setup for a moonlighting at-home-machinist: The perfect location, the perfect day job, and a double-threat skill set that allows him to hire himself for prototyping and low-volume production work. But Guy Driscoll’s biggest talent might be creating his own luck.
Read More
Open Mind Introduces Updated HyperMill CAD/CAM Software
Eastec 2021: Open Minds’s CAD/CAM software suite update reportedly offers enhancements for applications ranging from 2.5D to five-axis.
Read More
Mastercam 2022 Streamlines the Job Process
Eastec 2021: Mastercam 2022 adds the Unified Multiaxis toolpath, 3D High Speed Dynamic OptiRough toolpath and new mesh creation and editing capabilties.
Read More
ModuleWorks and Rafinex Synchronize Systems
In effective synchronization, topology optimization and toolpath planning enable more effective design-to-manufacture processes.
Read More
Use CAM Templates to Automate Programming — The One-Person Shop #3
Capture knowledge and speed programming time by equipping the software to generate some of the routines that are used routinely.
Watch
Sandvik Acquiring CAD/CAM Company Cambrio
Sandvik has agreed to acquire CAD/CAM company Cambrio. This purchase will add additional automated workflow capability to Sandvik’s software portfolio.
Read More
Siemens Updates Software Solutions for Manufacturing
Updates to NX for Manufacturing, Siemens’ software package for part manufacturing, include PrimeTurning, automated deburring and other enhancements.
Read More
Open Mind Upgrades CAD/CAM Software Suite
HyperMill 2021.2 CAD/CAM software suite reportedly offers enhanced features for machining in applications ranging from 2.5D to five-axis.
Read More
ModuleWorks, Sandvik Coromant and HCL Technologies Collaborate on PrimeTurning
This collaboration has produced one of the first commercial implementations of the new PrimeTurning methodology in a CAM system.
Read More
