CAD/CAM packages

[ThaWeaz]

The company I work for is looking into different CAD/CAM packages out there. We currently use SolidWorks 2008 for 3-D modeling and our CNC machinist uses Surfcam 2002 for our machining. We're wanting to phase out the Surfcam package and use a package with feature recognition so that we can easily bring in the 3-D model and create the toolpaths. The two packages we're looking at are FeatureCAM and EdgeCAM.

I was curious if anyone knew any pros or cons of these two packages?

Thanks!

 

[fcsuper]

If you have solidworks, I suggest considering integrated packages like CAMWorks.

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
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