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News Release from: Pathtrace Engineering Systems | Subject: EdgeCAM Version 9.5
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 March 2005
EdgeCAM supports Autodesk's 3D software
EdgeCAM Version 9.5 now fully supports Autodesk Inventor 10 mechanical design software and provides true data integrity and model-to-toolpath associativity.
EdgeCAM Version 9.5 now fully supports Autodesk Inventor 10 mechanical design software and provides true data integrity and model-to-toolpath associativity Marking its 9-year alliance with Autodesk, Pathtrace today announced that EdgeCAM Version 9.5 fully supports Autodesk Inventor 10 mechanical design software and provides true data integrity and model-to-toolpath associativity
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The newest version of EdgeCAM from Pathtrace, Autodesk's Global Preferred CAM Partner, introduces new functionality and ease-of-use, including loading native Autodesk Inventor assemblies (*.iam) directly into EdgeCAM.
As Autodesk's Global Preferred CAM Partner, Pathtrace and Autodesk development teams work closely to ensure the highest level of interoperability between EdgeCAM and Autodesk Inventor software.
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A major development in the Edgecam portfolio is the launch of 'Solid Machinist' which will enable uses to directly machine Parasolid models inside the off-line programming software.
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EdgeCAM Solid Machinist for Parasolid from Pathtrace allows users to directly machine Parasolid design models such as Solid Edge, SolidWorks and other leading CAD systems
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The partnership between Autodesk and Pathtrace provides joint customers with a complete design, data management and CAM solution to reduce manufacturing time, cut costs while reducing scrap, and increase profitable machine time.
Brian Steatham, Managing Director for Pathtrace said, "By integrating our software with the latest release of Autodesk Inventor, we are offering customers a fully associative CAM solution that addresses the major manufacturing disciplines, and enables them to bring their products to market faster." The CAM standard in intelligent solids-based manufacturing, EdgeCAM offers superior integration, associativity and machining functionality to any other system currently available.
"Autodesk's partnership with Pathtrace is important to our commitment to help customers create, manage and share design and product data to realize ideas and get the right designs done more quickly," said Robert Kross, vice president of Autodesk's Manufacturing Solutions Division.
"Our applications' interoperability further enhances Autodesk Inventor functional design capabilities that allow engineers to focus on how end products work instead of how to use software to design them." * Joint Customers Benefit from Partnership - joint customers such as LB Bentley based in Stroud, England, benefit from the long-standing partnership between Pathtrace and Autodesk.
LB Bentley design and manufacture valves for upstream oil and gas subsea production applications and reliable performance is vital at depths in excess of 3,000 metres.
The company also makes air filtration equipment for use in a wide range of applications.
"We don't just try to manufacture the same things faster and cheaper than the competition".
"We engineer better products," said Bernard Bentley, Joint Manging Director for LB Bentley.
"Over the years we have been gradually building up our skills as our investment in CNC machines has increased".
"However, it was only with the implemention of Autodesk Inventor and EdgeCAM Solid Machinist that we were able to complete the design to manufacturing chain." LB Bentley is a specialist manufacturer, everything is made-to-order.
Production batch sizes are quite small and the number of variations on a theme is high".
""We have created over 1000 CNC programmes using EdgeCAM Solid Machinist," said Lee Allen, Production Engineer at Bentley".
""We take our Autodesk Inventor solid models directly into EdgeCAM Solid Machinist".
"Then, by using EdgeCAM Solid Machinist's feature finder, work that used to take us an hour now only takes ten minutes." * About Autodesk - Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) is wholly focused on ensuring that great ideas are turned into reality.
With six million users, Autodesk is the world's leading software and services company for the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media and wireless data services fields.
Autodesk's solutions help customers create, manage and share their data and digital assets more effectively.
As a result, customers turn ideas into competitive advantage by becoming more productive, streamlining project efficiency and maximizing profits.
Founded in 1982, Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California.
For additional information about Autodesk, please visit www.autodesk.com.
The Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) is comprised of more than 2,500 technology partners around the world, that extend Autodesk solutions to meet the industry-specific needs of customers.
New compatible applications from ADN partners are launched every day at: www.autodesk.com/partnerproducts.
* About Pathtrace - Pathtrace Engineering Systems is the developer of EdgeCAM, an extremely powerful but easy-to-use software solution devoted to automating the process of NC programming for metal cutting machine tools.
Offices are established in the UK, USA, China and Japan, complementing a worldwide network of resellers.
EdgeCAM is Windows 2000 and XP compliant and has over 32,000 users worldwide.
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