CAD/CAM
The term CAD/CAM is a shortening of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacture (CAM). The term CAD/NC (Numerical Control) is equivalent in some industries. Most CAD/CAM software was developed for product development and to design and manufacture of components and molds. They are also increasingly used by architects. CAD/CAM software uses CAD drawing tools to describe geometries used by the CAM portion of the program to define a toolpath that will direct the motion of a machine tool to machine the exact shape that was drawn.
Examples of CAD/CAM software are SolidWorks,[1] INVENTOR,[2] CATiA [3] and AutoCAD.[4] Furthermore, examples of CAM software are SolidCAM[5] and CAMWorks.[6]
3D CAD/CAM software provides the ability to control CNC machinery from 2.5 axis, 3 axis and multi axis CNC machines.
Expert CAD/CAM systems were developed around 1988.[7]
References
change- ↑ "3D CAD Design Software". www.solidworks.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "Inventor | Mechanical Design And 3D CAD Software | Autodesk". www.autodesk.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "CATIA™ 3DEXPERIENCE® - Dassault Systèmes® 3D Software". www.3ds.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "AutoCAD For Mac & Windows | CAD Software | Autodesk". www.autodesk.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ Ltd, SolidCAM (2019-07-23). "The Leaders in Integrated CAM". SolidCAM CAM Software. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "CAMWorks | CAM Software | CNC Software for Machine Tools". CAMWorks | CAD CAM Software | CNC Software for Machine Tools. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ "metalwork designs history | CAM And 3D CAD Software | access-complete history".[permanent dead link]