CAMWorks. with Machining Intelligence is the most advanced
CAM programming software available for getting products to
market faster, more efficiently and within budget.
Introduced in 1997, CAMWorks is a next generation
best-of-class CNC programming solution for producing molded
parts from solid models.

CAMWorks is a SolidWorks. Certified Gold Product for
Manufacturing/CAM Software that provides state-of-the-art
machining capabilities seamlessly integrated into the award
winning SolidWorks. design software. As the first CAM
solution to offer true knowledge-based machining
capabilities, CAMWorks leads the way in advancements in
Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR) and Interactive Feature
Recognition (IFR). CAMWorks offers true associative
machining automatically accommodating changes to the part
model, which eliminates time consuming CAM system rework due
to design updates.

The integration of CAMWorks into SolidWorks means:

* When you are using SolidWorks, the CAMWorks machining
tree and commands are available with the click of a button.
You never have to leave SolidWorks to generate
toolpaths.
* CAMWorks uses the same SolidWorks geometry
to generate toolpaths to ensure the part you machine
is the same part you have modeled.
* Time-consuming
file transfers using standard file formats such as IGES
and SAT are eliminated.

CAMWorks can be purchased to run with SolidWorks or as part
of a cost-effective package that includes CAMWorks Solids,
an integrated solid modeler.

CAMWorks uses the familiar SolidWorks interface, so it is
easy to learn and easy to use. The CAMWorks trees are
similar to the SolidWorks FeatureManager design tree. Items
in the tree can be suppressed, expanded, renamed and moved
using the same procedures as SolidWorks. Online help, an
Installation and Quick Start Guide and tutorials help you
generate toolpaths and code quickly. The tutorials are
provided electronically in Adobe PDF files.

Automatic and Interactive Feature Recognitionщщ

CAMWorks is a feature-based machining CAM system that
provides the ability to automatically recognize many
machinable features. Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR)
analyzes the solid model geometry and identifies mill
features such as holes, slots, pockets, and bosses; turning
features such as outside diameters, faces, grooves and
cutoffs; and wire EDM features such as die openings. AFR
recognizes features regardless of the CAD system in which
they were created.

Features that cannot be found automatically or that need to
be defined for your specific machining requirements can be
defined effortlessly using the Interactive Feature
Recognition (IFR) wizard.

After machinable features have been defined, the user can
take advantage of the machining automation in CAMWorks to
generate operations. Machining operations include roughing,
finishing, drilling, etc. Operations are associated to
machinable features.

Knowledge-based Machining

Geometric Technologies. innovative TechDB (Technology
Database) is designed to significantly reduce the time
required to generate machining strategies and processes.
Using Knowledge-based Machining technology, the TechDB
associates tooling, operation strategies and machining
parameters to the features. When operations are generated,
CAMWorks applies these settings automatically. To further
enhance the automation process, the knowledge-based rules in
the TechDB are fully customizable to represent your
machining environment.

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