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News Release from: Pathtrace Engineering Systems | Subject: EdgeCAM
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 September 2003
Edgecam endorsed for Autodesk Inventor 6
A further endorsement of EdgeCAM is the announcement by Autodesk that it has been certified for use with the latest Autodesk Inventor 6 release
A further endorsement of the associativity of Pathtrace's EdgeCAM Solid Machinist programming software is the announcement by Autodesk that the Reading-based computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) developer has been certified for use with the latest Autodesk Inventor 6 release under the Autodesk Inventor (registered) certified applications programme According to Brian Steatham, managing director of Pathtrace: "This is a critical endorsement of EdgeCAM Solid Machinist by an industry-leading mechanical design system provider
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Because Autodesk has one of the largest user bases of solid modellers, this gives Pathtrace, as an independent company, an important competitive global advantage." Autodesk, will only work with certain third-party software developers.
Each developer, such as Pathtrace, must conform to its strict interoperability and testing criteria to meet the design to manufacture solution providers standard.
In Pathtrace's case, the development of EdgeCAM conforms to the Autodesk Inventor API and has efficient and seamless model transfer without any need to use translators for toolpath generation.
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