Is it a good all rounded package that meets your needs? While purchasing any CAD/CAM package is always a gamble, because it is a large outlay of money, and you dont really know what you have got until well after the purchase has been completed and the learning curve of the user has started to level off, that the limitations / capability is realized as to whether the package is robust and suits the needs. Is required (edm, punch, lathe, 5-axis, etc.) Price which we can justify for our requirements. Unigraphics updated and current file versions Strong CAM capability Solids, CAD capabilities are suited to machine shop use (no stress analysis / motion etc.) Modular design, additional capability / modules can be purchased later, as the technology MasterCAM Most seats globally Well supported Used by substantial machine shops Supports file imports from a wide range of file types, including Catia (元) and Great package Beyond our needs (stress analysis, etc.) and price range SolidWorks on steroids Great package Cant justify spending $100,000 for our requirements. Strong in CAD, not so strong in CAM Catia We really needed a package with a strong emphasis on CAM and less on CAD.įine for hobby machine shops, but dont contain the capabilities and support / updates required by a professional aeronautical workshopĭo not have support for importing of files from high-end CAD packages used by Aircraft designers. Unigraphics and AutoCAD across the road in our Engineering Design section. Some limitations in toolpath creation Required Solidworks as the CAD part of the package, which is produced by a separateĬompany Difficult to justify expenditure on a separate CAD package, when we already have Seemed to be a package more suited to the injection mold making industry CAMWorks

Teksoft ProCAM was no longer supported by Teksoft, as they had focused on the CAMWorks package, since the death of the person who developed ProCAM I spoke with as many users of various CAD/CAM systems as I was able, keeping in mind that these assessments were made five years ago they may no longer be current, but here is a very brief list of my findings: ProCAM What was Safes reason for choosing Mastercam? We needed a CAD/CAM package which would enable us to continue our capability of producing the ever increasingly complex designs of aircraft components, in particular, components for the 元 upgrade and LEP programs for the C130 and P3.

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