CAMWorks 2024 for Solid Edge

CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing)Works - a module for creating control programs for CNC machines.

Programming of milling, turning, turn-milling and wire erosion processing using the CAMWorks module.
* The CAMWorks module allows you to create programs for milling, turning, turn-milling and wire erosion machining. The following types of machines are supported: Milling machines with simultaneous control of two? five axes;

* Single- and double-spindle turning machines, with one or two supports, with program-controlled auxiliary mechanisms (tailstocks, rests, part catchers...);
* Turning and milling single- and double-spindle, with one or two supports, with program-controlled auxiliary mechanisms, with simultaneous control of two? five axes;
* Erosion two- and four-axis.

Processing is carried out directly in the Solid Edge environment and directly using the Solid Edge model. The results of the programmer's work are saved in the same Solid Edge part or assembly model. This ensures full associativity between the model and tool paths, resulting in automatic updates of all tool paths when changes are made to the model. When adding any technological data to the Solid Edge model, such as roughness designations, bases, tolerances for the shape and location of surfaces, dimensional tolerances, the technologist-programmer always has direct access to them, which makes it easier to select a part location scheme on the machine and select the necessary to ensure the specified quality of the tool part and cutting conditions. The part can be easily adapted to the needs of processing by, for example, excluding unnecessary geometry elements from the point of view of processing or by recalculating the executive dimensions of the model to the middle of the tolerance field. In the Solid Edge assembly mode, you can perform joint processing of several parts, program the processing of a series of parts, or simply completely simulate the entire real environment on the machine table - all equipment, a workpiece of any complexity, and so on - for the most complete consideration of the realities of processing at the earliest stages of program creation

System requirements
Pre-installed Solid Edge 2023-2024
Graphics 1024x768 resolution with minimum 32768 colors
Disk Space 10GB free
Memory 1GB+ RAM (2GB recommended)

CAMWorks, a parametric, solids-based CNC programming software system, brings in a revolutionary way to help machinists around the world program smarter and machine faster. CAMWorks significantly reduces programming time and removes the drudgery from CNC programming by using patented Feature Recognition technology in conjunction with full toolpath to solid-model associativity and knowledge-based machining.

Being integrated into the design environment, CAMWorks allows a user to
Maintain associativity between the design model and the toolpaths ensuring that the latest changes in the design reflect in the toolpath
Eliminate time-consuming file transfers using standard file formats such as IGES and STEP
Use a single file for storing CAD and CAM data drastically reducing file management
Work with the same familiar user-interface ensuring a short learning curve
Use the CAMWorks machining tree and commands at the click of a button and generate toolpaths without leaving the design environment
CAMWorks provides users with the ability to work with multiple platforms including its own integrated CAD/CAM platform

SOLIDWORKS Integration
Solid Edge Integration
CAMWorks Solids Integration
Knowledge-based machining allows you to capture and reuse your programmers’ and machinists’ best programming practices using the Technology Database, TechDB™ reducing programming time by as much as 80%.

What differentiates CAMWorks from other software is the ability to store machining strategies feature-by-feature, both multi-surface features and prismatic features, and then reuse these strategies to reduce machining time significantly.

Feature-based machining: No profiles or chains
Feature-based machining reduces programming time by as much as 90% compared to traditional profiles, and chains based 3 axis CAM software because strategies for multi-surface features can be stored and reused automatically for multiple rough and finishing operations.

Our patented Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR) automatically recognizes over 20 types of prismatic features in native format or neutral file format solid models. This capability is ably complemented by Interactive Feature Recognition (IFR) for recognizing complex multi-surface features, as well as contains and avoids areas, quickly and easily.

Machine Faster
We understand that only programming fast is not enough. Our users need to have access to the most advanced high speed machining strategies.
CAMWorks ensures that the air cuts are reduced to a minimum. In addition, users have access to optimized, out-of-the box, strategies for Mold core and cavity programming reduces programming time.
CAMWorks® Volumill™ creates ultra-high performance toolpaths by using the latest advanced technology to rough mill multi-surface parts faster than any other software available today. Reduce machining time by as much as 85% and increase tool life by as much as 500% even in the hardest materials.