
It can be as simple as a driving dimension or as complicated as equations and logic through the API or configurators.

Since 1995, we have seen an explosion of designers and engineers implementing rules into their designs. This flexibility allows you to quickly and easily create parametric features that update when changes are made to the model. You also have full flexibility to define any feature interactively using edges, faces, or sketches. This can save time during the programming process. Automatic will find and create prismatic features automatically for you. There are two ways to create features within SOLIDWORKS CAM: Automatic and Interactive. These features can be created on native SOLIDWORKS parts or imported components using 3D Interconnect. SOLIDWORKS CAM is a feature-based CAM system that means we define features from the solid model to machine. Whether they are designing the next generation of products or creating documentation to communicate with their peers around the world, they are immersed in features throughout the day. Let’s take a quick look at some of the key features of SOLIDWORKS CAM 2018.Īll SOLIDWORKS users today work with features on a daily basis. Without all of their hard work, we would not have been able to make all those improvements in such a short time. We are very excited about this release that has benefitted greatly from all the great feedback and testing by our users.

We received great feedback and enhancements for the 2018 version that has been in beta since July. As you may know, SOLIDWORKS CAM is powered by CAMWorks®, and that allowed us to start a private beta in April. Since then, we have been busy building and testing SOLIDWORKS CAM. It seems like we were just at SOLIDWORKS World 2017 last week announcing the addition of SOLIDWORKS CAM as part of our Design-to-Manufacturing solution.
