CAM software
CAM software
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Hey all,
We are looking to purchase some CAM software at my workplace. We use solidworks 2007 sp5.1 as our design tool and are bringing some of our manufacturing in house. We've had demos from both Gibbs and MasterCAM. My initial impression is that there is more added value in the base package of MasterCAM than in the base package of Gibbs (we will be starting small). What are the general thoughts out there regarding the two?
Thanks
We are looking to purchase some CAM software at my workplace. We use solidworks 2007 sp5.1 as our design tool and are bringing some of our manufacturing in house. We've had demos from both Gibbs and MasterCAM. My initial impression is that there is more added value in the base package of MasterCAM than in the base package of Gibbs (we will be starting small). What are the general thoughts out there regarding the two?
Thanks






RE: CAM software
Cole M
CSWP, CSWST, CSWI, CPDM
Certified DriveWorks AE
HP XW4300, 3.4g proc, 2.5g RAM, ATI Fire GL 3100
Dell M90, Core 2 Duo, 4g RAM, Nvidia Quadra FX2500M
Equus (custom), P4, 3.4g proc, 3g RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX3400
RE: CAM software
I have never used it personally, but a coupe of contacts highly recommend EdgeCAM.
RE: CAM software
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 08; CATIA V5
ctopher's home (updated Aug 5, 2008)
ctopher's blog
SolidWorks Legion
RE: CAM software
- HSMworks
- Mastercam For Solidworks
- Solicam
- CAMworks
RE: CAM software
I used to take care of a Gibbs installation, around the time when they moved off the Mac to the PC. (I was the local PC guru, not the machinist, and not a CAM guy).
I was impressed by the Gibbs interface, but not in the way you expect.
To me, it made no sense at all... but my young machinist, with no CNC background and no known computer expertise, was able to grok it in a day or two, with no training, just by beating on it.
It made perfect sense _to_him_. Clearly, it wasn't designed for PC gurus; it was designed for machinists.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: CAM software
Cole M
CSWP, CSWST, CSWI, CPDM
Certified DriveWorks AE
HP XW4300, 3.4g proc, 2.5g RAM, ATI Fire GL 3100
Dell M90, Core 2 Duo, 4g RAM, Nvidia Quadra FX2500M
Equus (custom), P4, 3.4g proc, 3g RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX3400
RE: CAM software
I have set up PDMWorks with my last company with a folder specific for the machine shop. They can pull parts at any time without having to send them to them each time.
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 08; CATIA V5
ctopher's home (updated Aug 5, 2008)
ctopher's blog
SolidWorks Legion
RE: CAM software
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: CAM software
RE: CAM software
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: CAM software
Yes that is correct. Mastercam has only very recently released Mastercam for Solidworks. The others have been around for a while.
RE: CAM software
I would recommend looking into it.