![]() ![]() People have some odd ideas about CAD -> CAM associativity, but it doesn't extend to the actual G code file. Another is that SW is a better modeler than a CAM program, so if you have to model something or fix/change the model, you can do that easily. One advantage is the associativity you mentioned. ![]() There are advantages and disadvantages of having CAM software integrated into CAD. I know there are Elearning courses for SolidWorks & Inventor, but I have not found anything for SolidCAM. I see the touting of associativity on the SolidCAM website, but is this true associtivity to SolidWorks models and sketches? I'm always a skeptic on this because of what MasterCAM said about associativity to SolidWorks. What advantages does SolidWorks/Inventor & SolidCAM offer over using SolidWorks/Inventor & MasterCAM? I never had major complaints about CAM in MasterCAM, except thier multi-axis support, but the CAD functionality and associativity was nonexistant when used with SolidWorks. (I guess there is some sense to this, since the only way I found it was by typing in "SolidWorks" in google, I think they need better marketing). When looking over the SolidCAM website they seem to be intergrated in quite a bit of packages (Bently, SolidWorks, AutoCad & Inventor) and I had never heard of this product before. How exactly does this work if SolidCAM is not owned by SolidWorks? I justnoticed that there is a product called SolidCAM that "runs inside" SolidWorks( and it looks like Inventor?). Even though I'm not in this field anymore I still continue to read up on CAD and CAM as you never know where live leads you. I used to be a CNC programmer who used SolidWorks and MasterCAM(Mill Level3) several years ago. ![]()
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