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 ...
The machine shop at DEKA Research and Development Corp. received this part model from its Engineering Department. (Image courtesy of DEKA Research and Development Corp.) Because toolmakers at DEKA ...
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 ...
Creating a custom CAD/CAM system to produce ultra-precision parts that require sophisticated machining such as optical parts is not an easy feat to accomplish. It isn’t easy because machining ...
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 ...
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 ...
A step-by-step walkthrough of a typical workflow and data transfer. The author emphasizes understanding teamwork dynamics applied to design and manufacturing methods. Strategies for CAD/CAM workflow.