CAD CAM

FastCAM CAD/CAM

The FastCAM® System is compatible with other CAD/CAM systems, however the system does not require additional software; You can Draw, Nest and cut from the one programming system. Best of all, FastCAM® allows people at a shop floor level to start profile cutting with the minimum of training. The FastCAM® System produces immediate NC code for a wide variety of cutting machines and there is also a non-NC edition available.
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COMPLETE CAM SYSTEM

FastCAM® has an easy integrated drawing editor together with a suite of CAD tools. CNC needs every line, arc or entity in precise and clean geometry. Importantly, the lines also need to be connected. By comparison, CAD was designed to put lines on paper and has a lot of irrelevent detail for the metals trade.

However today's fabricators are increasingly supplied job data in a variety of file formats. To solve this problem, FastCAM® can not only load a range of file types, it includes a suite of CAD smart tools for conversion to NC ready code.

Our CAD interface works with a single click to import and clean third party CAD files, including IGES & DXF. If the geometry you have been supplied in your CAD file contains gaps or overlapping lines or has poorly constructed shapes, FastCAM® can clean up these deficiencies and find potential stoppage issues before they reach the cutting floor. Even very small CAD lines can be automatically blended with true arcs.

+ SIMPLIFIED CAD TOOLS

CAD-CLEAN A Smart CAD feature that eliminates the need to spend time on messy files. Automatically optimizes them ready for cutting.

CAD-COMPRESS This feature reduces entities and replaces them with true lines and arcs. CAD file sizes can often drop 80-90%. They even cut better as well!

DXF IMPORT/EXPORT Data eXchange format. Most commonly used file format for transferring files between CAD systems. (A bulk facility is included in the FastCAM® Professional Edition).

CNC TO DXF Valuable to users when they've lost their original drawing files!

PART EXTRACTION Click and extract individual parts from larger drawings. (FastCAM® Professional Edition automatically extracts all parts from DXF drawings and produces a cut list for nesting).

DWG IMPORT Import native AutoCAD DWG files and verify before cutting. No need to have a separate CAD system just to read customer files.

MULTI PROCESS SUPPORT Cutting, Marking, Drilling, Tapping etc. Detection from external CAD files by layer.

IGES SUPPORT International Graphics Exchange System. Similar but more powerful file format than DXF. Usually found in very large systems. Allows for direct import.

We attribute much of our productivity increase to FastCAM ..Phil Ryan, JCA Fabrication. I'd never done a drawing before in my life. After 10 days with FastCAM, I built the first tank truck. Now it's our livelihood....Ray Castleberry, Castlebrook Welding. By far, the quickest and easiest programs I have used......Rick Presseau, INCO Ltd.