by Barb Schmitz, Senior Editor, 3dcadworld.com
“Seamless integration of CAM software into the design process can be a huge help in addressing time-to-market issues,” said Brian Thompson, vice president of Creo Product Management at PTC. “If the manufacturing and design engineers are working with the same data, then early visibility into any manufacturing issues is easy, and the resulting collaboration will allow the team to catch and correct manufacturability issues before they hit the production floor.”
Fully integrated CAM packages enable users to easily automate CAM to help lower costs, increase productivity and speed time to market. Because these solutions work directly with 3D CAD data, there is no need to translate or recreate designs for manufacturing, reducing the chance of errors. Many were also designed to follow more of a CAD-like workflow, making it easier for engineers to learn and use.
