Tag Archives: CNC

How to save back your shop knowledge to CAMWorks TechDb

The truth is that there is about 6-8 serious CAM program creators on the market. They are all trying to make a product that fits every CAM programmers needs. It is also a fact that every CAM programmer have their … Continue reading

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HSMXpress Now Available – Free CAM for SolidWorks

It only took a few days for HSMWorks to follow CAMWorks adding another Xpress (“Light Version”) CAM solution to run inside SolidWorks. I picked the following feature highlights from the HSMXpress section on HSMWorks website. What is HSMXpress? HSMXpress was … Continue reading

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CAMWorks introducing an Xpress version

With LET’S GO MANUFACTURE! spelled out on CAMWorksXpress website I think you can say that the express lane has been paved for this CAMWorks “light” version. I picked out the following FAQ’s from CAMWorksXpress website. What is CAMWorksXpress? CAMWorksXpress is … Continue reading

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MFG.com challenges you!

According to my trusted source, Wikipedia, it is estimated that there was spend more than 500 billion dollars on advertising in 2010. Now as a “middle aged man”(Also according to Wikipedia) I would like to believe that this expensive, but … Continue reading

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Surprise!…CAMWorks 2012 is here!…So what’s new?

CAMWorks users has a reason to smile a little extra this fall as they got their major release a few months earlier this time around. CAMWorks has decided to roll their 2012 release back closer to SolidWorks 2012 release, instead … Continue reading

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SolidWorks Presents CAD/CAM SLAM!

SolidWorks has been shining the light on their integrated “Gold” CAM products with a special webinar series the last few months. Tomorrow is CAMWorks turn to put on the Ray Ban’s and sun lotion. If your company is a 3D … Continue reading

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The CAMWorks Handbook (Milling)

To wrap your head around modern CAM options and functionalities can be a frustrating task, especially if sitting in front of a computer with a waiting CNC machine sitting on the shop floor hungry for some NC code. It dosent … Continue reading

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SolidWorks kickstarts a busy CAD&CAM 2011 fall season

It seems like only a few days ago the hotdogs where sizzling on the grill, backyard bonfires, and the CAD/CAM world more or less asleep. But as we find ourselfs here in the middle of November the reality is that … Continue reading

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HSMWorks for Solidworks is like a smoothie for your code

When looking to justify investing in something as important as CAM, you might end up sitting with a long list of new functions you never knew was needed, ever existed,  and possible maybe not even truly understand what really do. … Continue reading

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BobCAD-CAM now roars inside Solidworks

I’m having a hard time finding anything negative to say about getting my CAM inside Solidworks, and it seems like the major CAM companies has realized that they better got on the Solidworks-train. BobCAD-CAM has been known for doing things … Continue reading

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