Which CAM software 1

[salgul]

Hello everyone, in my country, technicians with associate degrees usually work on CAM in companies, instead of engineers with bachelor's degrees. However, as a mechanical engineer, I also want to learn CAM. However, each production area uses a different CAM software. Which one would you recommend learning?

 

[desertfox]

Hi Saigul

I would suggest you learn the CAM software that is the most used one in your country and line of work.


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[ctopher]

Curious which country?
Here in USA Mastercam is popular.

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[looslib]

Some CAD systems have their own CAM modules. Creo and NX do, not sure about CATIA. SolidWorks and SolidEdge rely on third-party CAM packages and MasterCAM is very popular as is Esprit and TechSoft.

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[CWB1]

What do you want to do?

CAM software selection generally varies with process. The major machining ops packages like Mastercam, Featurecam, etc generally arent great at tube bending or sheet/plate/other forming processes so specialty packages are used as-needed. I would start with one of the major machining packages then learn others as-desired.

Stateside most engineers dont run CAM, that's generally a tradesman who may/may-not have a degree and whose job is setting up and limited operation of machinery, a "programmer."

 

[MintJulep]

Instead of learning any particular CAM Tool, I suggest that you focus your study on the underlying functions that all CAM Tools must provide.