Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) commonly refers to the use of Numerical Control (NC) computer software applications to create detailed instructions (G-code) that drive Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine tools for manufacturing parts. Manufacturers in a variety of industries depend on the capabilities of CAM to produce high-quality parts.
Manufacturers in a variety of industries depend on the capabilities of CAM to produce high-quality parts. Manufacturers also rely on CAM as engineers can define a manufacturing plan for tooling design, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model preparation, NC programming, Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) inspection programming, machine tool simulation, or post-processing. With these plans generated, only then execution take place in a production environment, such as Direct Numerical Control (DNC), tool management, CNC machining, or CMM execution.
Solutions
Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
Digitally transform your production using comprehensive software to effectively plan, collaborate and execute high-performance part manufacturing.
With leading-edge design tools and technologies, Siemens NX (Unigraphics) streamlines and accelerates the product development process. Unlike CAD-only solutions and closed enterprise solutions, NX (Unigraphics) delivers the highest integration between development disciplines in an open, collaborative environment.
Design Advantages
- Fast, Flexible, Efficient Product Design
- Integrated Design Validation
- Work Seamlessly with Data from Other CAD Systems
- Visual Analytics Improve Decision-Making
- Power and Capacity for Complex Products
Design Benefits
- Reduce Development Time by More than 30 Percent
- Reduce Delivery Cycle Time by 35 percent
- Increase the Number of New Products Introduced Each Year
How NX for manufacturing can help you
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Get more details about our wide range of solutions for your specific part manufacturing needs.
Powerful, future-proof CAD/CAM
Choose from three pre-packaged CAD solutions that bundle key design capabilities, a full suite of powerful CAM solutions, and nearly 100 add-ons that can be accessed, as needed, using NX CAD/CAM tokens—Siemens’ value-based licensing.
NX X Design solutions for CAD
Empower your team with all the capabilities they need to design innovative, high-quality parts and products, and collaborate effectively to bring them to life faster, while reducing prototyping costs.
From basic design through production, these preconfigured CAD solutions deliver the high-performance design capabilities of NX software in a secure, cloud-based (SaaS) environment, as NX X Design solutions feature full interoperability and data sharing across other Siemens Xcelerator solutions, including all NX CAD/CAM modules.
Start with either NX X Design Standard, Advanced or Premium, then use NX CAD add-ons to extend capabilities as needed.
