Automated Manufacturing Support for Communication Software
October 1, 2016
Geometric Limited has announced the addition of automated manufacturing support for SOLIDWORKS MBD 2016 technical communication software, which provides product manufacturing information (PMI) and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) instructions in 3-D, to its CAMWorks 2016 CNC machining application. "These new capabilities for the joint SOLIDWORKS/CAMWorks CAD/CAM platform further streamline design and production processes, enabling a seamless transition from design to manufacturing for the first time in SOLIDWORKS design environments, as well as supporting drawingless design and manufacturing by eliminating the need to generate, store and maintain 2-D engineering drawings," said a company spokesperson.
These CAMWorks MBD-related capabilities help enable manufacturers to obtain the information required to machine a part-including tolerances, thread data, surface finishes and other GD&T information previously only available on a drawing-from the SOLIDWORKS design file and then generate the toolpaths to produce it, eliminating the need to refer to traditional drawings.
Using the dimensions, tolerances, thread data, model and surface finish data from the SOLIDWORKS MBD-enabled file, CAMWorks 2016 can extract machinable features and MBD information, map that data to manufacturing features and use the operation and strategy that is associated with the feature, tolerance, thread data and surface range, to automatically generate the operations and toolpaths to machine the part. If the model or tolerances change, the strategies and toolpaths will update automatically to meet the new requirements.
For more information contact:
Geometric Americas, Inc.
15974 N 77th Street, Ste. #103
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
480-367-0132
www.geometricglobal.com
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