Overview: Mechanical engineers depend on integrated CAD, CAE, and CAM tools to design, evaluate, and refine complex systems.

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software are critical tools used in woodworking today. While these software programs share similarities in their capabilities, they ...

A step-by-step walkthrough of a typical workflow and data transfer. The author emphasizes understanding teamwork dynamics applied to design and manufacturing methods. Strategies for CAD/CAM workflow.

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a machining process that discharges electric sparks from two electrodes on a metal sheet to detach the desired shape. Also called spark machining, it employs ...

SPRUTCAM TECH released new versions of its CAD/CAM/OLP software products that it claims form “an entire software ecosystem.” They are the most powerful and functional versions to date but at the same ...

Automatic 2-, 3-, and 4-axis machining without using a separate CAM for toolpath and G-Code programming. BobCAM for SolidWorks users can create special tool patterns for hole drilling, as well as any ...

When Devin Hamilton (left) and engineering assistant Alex Peña work on-site for contract programming services, a tablet provides a remote connection to Hamilton's CAD workstation at his office. For ...