NC software runs in solid modeler

摘要

SolidCAM V10 NC software works within the SolidWorks CAD program. Together, they make a handy associative design and NC package. SolidWorks lets users design parts, import geometry, and manage data, while SolidCAM provides an easy-to-use, modestly priced, NC program that packs a broad range of competitive machining functions. Although it's general-purpose CAM software, it supports all aspects of making holes, two to five-axis and high-speed milling, five-axis positioning, tombstone machining, basic turning, and wire-EDM. A few advanced features include trochoidal milling, plunge roughing, collision calculations that include the holder, 3 + 2 machining, rest-material machining, and the automatic setting of coordinate systems. That's a lot. So this initial review focuses on the basic machining functions.