For engineers and design companies, it’s not difficult to find integrated computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing technologies. Yet, the announcement of SolidWorks CAM, released in ...

Autodesk was well established as a 3D design program for architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and other industries when it purchased HSMWorks in 2012. That move signaled its ...

Why you may—and may not—want to consider an integrated solution. There’s a simple question you can answer that will help you figure out whether you should consider using an integrated CAD/CAM system: ...

BobCAM for SolidWorks users can create special tool patterns for hole drilling, as well as any of the other machining strategies offered in BobCAM BobCAD-CAM, a design and manufacturing platform that ...

This third installment in the golf putter design series moves the process from reverse engineering and additive manufacturing to CAD/CAM software. Turning attention to the role of CAD/CAM software in ...

CAD/CAM programs have gained in popularity due to their ability to allow users to visualize the completed project. Photo courtesy of 20-20 In case you haven't noticed, the wood manufacturing shop ...

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a machining process that discharges electric sparks from two electrodes on a metal sheet to detach the desired shape. Also called spark machining, it employs ...