Hi,
I used to be a CNC programmer who used SolidWorks and MasterCAM(Mill Level3) several years ago. Even though I'm not in this field anymore I still continue to read up on CAD and CAM as you never know where live leads you. I justnoticed that there is a product called SolidCAM that "runs inside" SolidWorks( and it looks like Inventor?). How exactly does this work if SolidCAM is not owned by SolidWorks?
When looking over the SolidCAM website they seem to be intergrated in quite a bit of packages (Bently, SolidWorks, AutoCad & Inventor) and I had never heard of this product before. (I guess there is some sense to this, since the only way I found it was by typing in "SolidWorks" in google, I think they need better marketing).
What advantages does SolidWorks/Inventor & SolidCAM offer over using SolidWorks/Inventor & MasterCAM? I never had major complaints about CAM in MasterCAM, except thier multi-axis support, but the CAD functionality and associativity was nonexistant when used with SolidWorks. I see the touting of associativity on the SolidCAM website, but is this true associtivity to SolidWorks models and sketches? I'm always a skeptic on this because of what MasterCAM said about associativity to SolidWorks.
I know there are Elearning courses for SolidWorks & Inventor, but I have not found anything for SolidCAM. Does anyone know of any?
Thanks, Doug