Technical Articles
Your Webinar Invitation...
Please join us for a preview of many of the new
enhancements in GibbsCAM 2009, v9.0!
Solid Modeling for Complex Machining
Solid Modeling has grown to become the preeminent CAD modeling technology. It is the modeling method of choice for CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks, along with just about any other CAD system you can name. In the past, this solid modeling technology had been reserved for large, expensive, Unix-based workstations. Recently, however, enhanced hardware and new products have brought solid modeling to personal computers (PC's). Of special interest to NC shops are CAD/CAM products that will machine solid models created by their customers, as well as greatly simplify their own creation of complex multi-surface part models for machining.
CAD/CAM Integration What's the Right Choice for You?
If you are involved with CNC machines, you are probably involved with CNC programming and CAD/CAM systems. The biggest change in recent times for the CAD/CAM industry lies with the term "integration". Integration plays a very important role in the future of CAD/CAM products. There have been big workstation integrated CAD/CAM systems around for many years. They provide CAD and CAM integration by providing all pieces from the same company.
