Which CAM software

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Which CAM software

salgul (Military)

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26 Feb 24 09:15

Hello everyone, in my country, technicians with associate degrees usually work on CAM in companies, instead of engineers with bachelor's degrees. However, as a mechanical engineer, I also want to learn CAM. However, each production area uses a different CAM software. Which one would you recommend learning?

desertfox (Mechanical) · Answer 1 · 2024-02-26 10:01:27

Hi Saigul

I would suggest you learn the CAM software that is the most used one in your country and line of work.

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ctopher (Mechanical) · Answer 2 · 2024-02-26 15:47:17

Curious which country?
Here in USA Mastercam is popular.

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looslib (Mechanical) · Answer 3 · 2024-02-26 16:52:04

Some CAD systems have their own CAM modules. Creo and NX do, not sure about CATIA. SolidWorks and SolidEdge rely on third-party CAM packages and MasterCAM is very popular as is Esprit and TechSoft.

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CWB1 (Mechanical) · Answer 4 · 2024-02-27 17:48:56

What do you want to do?

CAM software selection generally varies with process. The major machining ops packages like Mastercam, Featurecam, etc generally arent great at tube bending or sheet/plate/other forming processes so specialty packages are used as-needed. I would start with one of the major machining packages then learn others as-desired.

Stateside most engineers dont run CAM, that's generally a tradesman who may/may-not have a degree and whose job is setting up and limited operation of machinery, a "programmer."

MintJulep (Mechanical) · Answer 5 · 2024-02-27 23:54:14

Instead of learning any particular CAM Tool, I suggest that you focus your study on the underlying functions that all CAM Tools must provide.

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