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CAMWorks

Name: CAMWorks
SKU: SWX0029-27-1
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CAMWorks, which integrates with SOLIDWORKS, features advanced automation tools to get products to market more efficiently than traditional operation-based CAM software. It’s also the only CAM system that is 100% compatible with SOLIDWORKS and physically puts the CAM on the 3D CAD model, enabling you to program your CNC machines in the familiar, intuitive SOLIDWORKS environment.

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Powerful CNC Machine Tool Programming Inside SOLIDWORKS

No matter your industry – from job shops to medical to aerospace – CAMWorks provides the ideal path for converting your 3D CAD solid models into CNC machined parts. Utilizing a single part file and sharing a common interface with SOLIDWORKS ensures 100% of your design intent and part details are always available for CNC programming. Full associativity between CAD data and tool path allows for rapid iteration.

Do you often have part design changes after programming? Not a problem – associativity with SOLIDWORKS means that design changes initiate automatic toolpath updates, eliminating rework. Need to reduce programming time? CAMWorks provides the latest feature recognition technology and automatic feature recognition—with or without Model Based Definition and tolerance-based-machining—to speed up part programming. It leverages rules-based tool machining allowing you to record, reuse, and standardize your programming techniques throughout your company. Ultra-high efficiency programming for both mills and lathes reduce cycle times at the machine.

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Rules-Based Machining
SOLIDWORKS CAM allows you to focus on critical areas of making your parts by using rules-based machining to improve the programming process while leveraging the tolerances that are assigned to components.
Tolerance-Based Machining (TBM)
TBM automatically creates CAM machine programs by using tolerances and annotations in 3D models and automatically adjusting asymmetric tolerances to mean tolerances for cutting tool strategies.
Knowledge-Based Machining (KMB)
KBM defines strategies and tools to best machine your part geometries once features are identified through feature recognition. This allows you to easily and automatically define repeatable machining processes to meet your company’s standards.
Associativity with SOLIDWORKS CAD
Changes made to a part design in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD are automatically updated, applied, and reflected in CAMWorks.
Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR)
Automatic Feature Recognition can recognize certain geometry types not only as CAD features – including holes, pockets, bosses, and turn (Professional only). It can identify prismatic parts at a feature level based on machinable shapes.
Automate Machine Times
Easily automate calculations for machine time and compare that to traditional methods to ensure that all aspects of your part are accounted for before you commit to production.
3+2 Indexing
3+2 indexing is a technique where a 2.5 Axis Premium milling program is executed with the cutting tool locked in a tilted position in order to use the five-axis machine's two rotational axes.
High-Speed Machining
Use 2.5 axis high-speed machining along with VoluMill technology to ensure a constant tool pressure through the entire cutting process. This technology uses a variable feed rate that allows the tool to cut at full depth. Shorten your cycle times, lower overhead costs, and extend machine and tool life.
Turning Capabilities
Take advantage of turning functionality including: face rough and finish rough and finish turn groove rough and finish rough and finish bore cut-off ID and OD threading drill tap on center
Sub-Spindle Programming
Use lathes with 2 spindles, including the ability to pass parts from the main spindle to sub-spindle and to create toolpaths for sub-spindle operations.
Two Turret Support
Get support for lathes that have 2 turrets, gaining the ability to program for turning operations on both front and rear turrets.
Rotary Milling
Cut wrapped features that are defined from cylindrical faces or edges where the axis of the faces/edges is coincident with the 4th axis or turn axis (in a Mill-Turn environment).
Advanced 3 Axis Tools and Capabilities
Advanced capabilities for Roughing and Finishing include: Area clearance Pattern project Z level Constant stepover Pencil mill 3 axis rough and finish cutting cycles Curve project Flat area Rest machining support for all 3 Axis cycles
3 Axis Undercutting with Standard and Custom Tools
Machine areas that are recessed with finished material protruding above them.
Mill-Turn
Gain capabilities for milling and drilling operations on the OD and Face of your parts.
Synchronized Machining
Utilize the Sync Manager to synchronize two turrets in a mill-turn or turning environment. Sync Manager supports up to two channels and does not support the simulation of Swiss Screw style machine movement.
Virtual Machine Standard
Simulate full machine movement by using C/L data for advanced collision detection and machine travel verification. This includes multiple spindle and turret machines.
4 & 5 Axis Simultaneous Milling
Gain support for 4 and 5 axis simultaneous complex machining. Use machines of varying configurations, including table-table, head-head, or head-table.
3 Axis VoluMill
VoluMill improves how tools cut through material, using high-speed continuous tangent motion instead of sharp, interrupted movements. Create a more productive and competitive manufacturing enterprise with VoluMill, which has been proven to safely double your machine’s output and extend tool life.
Virtual Machine Professional
True G-code simulation of the “in-session” program in CAMWorks, including complete collision detection and editing capabilities.
Virtual Machine Premium
Use true G-code machine simulation from any source. The Premium version of the virtual machine is still integrated with CAMWorks and will instantly simulate the program currently “in-session”. The Premium version can also run as a standalone system which is compatible with G-code files from other sources, allowing them to be opened and simulated.
Wire EDM Pro
This fully integrated Manufacturing Programming System runs inside of SOLIDWORKS or CAMWorks Solids with 2-4 Axis EDM CAM Core and Advanced Automatic Feature Recognition for both 2 and 4 Axis Contour Cycles.
NestingWorks
Automatically nest your layouts of SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies for production.
CAMWorks Utilities
CAMWorks Utilities includes: eDrawings Viewer CWDifferenceFinder CWFeatureFinder
PrimeTurning
PrimeTurning offers a higher material removal rate compared to conventional turn patterns and includes the flexibility for turning operations in all directions.

HOW CAN HAWK RIDGE SYSTEMS HELP?

They say you cannot train experience. Therefore, we make sure that our team of Applications Engineers are not only experts with CAMWorks software but also experienced machinists with more combined experience than any other CAMWorks provider. We understand the challenges of producing high-quality machined components and want to share our knowledge with your team to increase your productivity and reduce the time-to-market for your parts.

We worked with a company that produced highly sought-after blower rotors. They had been outsourcing their manufacturing for decades, but now their future was in jeopardy – the manufacturer they used had been using manual machines and was going out of business. We worked with them to implement CAMWorks and capture their design, modernize, and re-produce their trademarked products in-house – saving their company.

Another company chose to partner with us in order to lean on our vast manufacturing portfolio and experience. We customized their post processors and re-trained them in CAMWorks. We also introduced them to High-Efficiency Machining with CAMWorks VoluMill, which reduced their cutting time on a production part by 65% while increasing tool life.

A well-known machine dealer approached us on a turn-key solution for a potential job with one of our mutual customers. We worked with the machine dealer and brought in CNC machines, tooling, programming, additional training and custom-developed post processors to get this production job to our customer.

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A successful CAM implementation starts with a rock-solid post processor. The Hawk Ridge Systems post processor team leverages over 40 years of experience in CAMWorks post processor development to provide clean g-code and safe post processors quickly. Ask how our Flight Plan implementation services can get your team up to speed quickly.

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IMPROVE PERFORMANCE THROUGH TAILORED LEARNING

With the largest team of Certified CAM trainers in North America, Hawk Ridge Systems offers training solutions ranging from self-paced SolidProfessor content to structured instructor-led sessions and on-site CAM consulting, to ensure your success.

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Our team of Certified CAMWorks support engineers is the largest in the world and available 12 hours a day to handle your support needs quickly and efficiently. Our interactive approach to problem solving will get you back on track if programming issues arise.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Are there any special hardware requirements for CAMWorks?

No, the hardware requirements are the same as those for SOLIDWORKS.

Will CAMWorks work for my CNC machine?

A post processor is needed, which translates the CAM data into NC code that your machine controller can read. CAMWorks comes with standard post processors, Hawk Ridge Systems has free post processors available for download, and additional post processors can be purchased and supported through Hawk Ridge Systems.

What file types can I program?

If the file type can be brought into SOLIDWORKS as solid bodies or surfaces, it can be programmed with CAMWorks.

What license types are available for CAMWorks?

There are three ways to purchase CAMWorks licenses:

A hardware dongle, which is a USB device that plugs directly into a computer.
A standalone locked node locked, which is a single software type license that is linked to a client computer’s MAC address.
A floating network license, which is 1 or more seats of the software that are licensed to the MAC address of a server. The client computers check out the license to use it and return it when they are completed; enabling multiple computers to utilize the license – floating it back and forth.

Is CAMWorks easy to learn?

Yes. CAMWorks is designed to be easy to learn and comes with self-paced tutorials. Hawk Ridge system offers additional training classes, webinars, and blogs for learning resources. We also offer SolidProfessor on-demand training content so you can view training materials whenever and wherever is convenient for you.

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Powerful CNC Machine Tool Programming Inside SOLIDWORKS

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MILL STAND.

TURN STAND.

MILL PRO

TURN PRO

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BUNDLES

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TRAINING

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SUPPORT

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