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Inventor HSM
by: John Evans
Integrated CAM with HSM Express
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utodesk recently purchased HSMWorks, a Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) company that developed a completely integrated solution for SolidWorks. It did not take too long before Autodesk Inventor HSM integration became available and users got their first glimpse of 100 percent CAM integration from the company. While the full-featured product is still not available to us, the Express version is already in use. Let’s take a look at Inventor HSM Express, and what Autodesk has in store for use with Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM).
ARTICLE CONTENTS The HSMWorks Purchase HSM Express Interface CAM Job Setup Operations Tool Library Simulation Post Processing Closing Thoughts
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January 2014