We hope you found this SOLIDWORKS CAM overview helpful. You can view the full product matrix here to determine which is best for you. There are additional features that CAM Professional has that CAM Standard doesn’t. We can get from part model to g-code in literal minutes. The major advantages to the knowledge-based machine programming of SOLIDWORKS CAM is that we can train the technology database in our preferences and processes so that programming parts can be done with a few simple clicks. CAM Standard includes 2.5 axis milling, Automatic Feature Recognition, toolpath simulation, the technology database, and an NC editor.Īn additional package, SOLIDWORKS CAM Professional expands on these capabilities and includes turning, high-speed machining, and indexing in the 4th and 5th axis. Since the SOLIDWORKS 2018 release, all current licenses on subscription include access to SOLIDWORKS CAM Standard.

The powerful Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR) combines with knowledge-based machining to quickly create fully associative tool paths that can be processed into g-code and run on machines. This allows the tool to be seamlessly integrated into SOLIDWORKS and it will work on any solid body that can be opened inside of SOLIDWORKS. It uses advanced feature-based machining to look at the volume of solid bodies to develop features to be programmed.

SOLIDWORKS CAM is based on CAMWorks, the first Gold Partner for machining. Find out the difference between Standard and Professional and get a SOLIDWORKS CAM overview here. SOLIDWORKS CAM, released in 2018, was one of the most exciting new products seen in years and represented a new chapter in SOLIDWORKS as a total manufacturing tool.

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