a New ICAM/Mastercam Suite

[gcode]

A friend aclled today and asked me what I thought about this I had not heard a word about it.

In my experience, ICAM is difficult to use,

very powerful in the hands of an expert, and

very expensive.

 

Watch the video.. looks like cool stuff

 

ICAM Interfaces Post-Processing Product Suite to Mastercam

 

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Montreal, January 21, 2009 - ICAM Technologies Corporation (ICAM) and CNC Software Inc. (CNC) announce today that they have signed a Business Partner Agreement allowing for a smoother integration between their two distinctive products. Under this agreement, ICAM has created a graphical user interface to its complete NC post-processing development product suite within Mastercam.

 

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[Goldorak]

i will certainly take a look , and it's about 20min drive from here !

[cobra95kev]

Cool video, I wonder what their trial version consists of? How long would it work and what might be restricted. I wonder if they have a good user forum like Mastercam?

 

I think I might look in to it.

[Jrygus]

I had a Webex Demo yesterday from Icam. Very powerful software. It would take some time learn how to use it all thats for sure. I do not have specific prices, but it will probably be higher than i will be allowed to spend. But, after seeing it, i would love to have it.

[chris m]

That's pretty cool. Not particularly applicable to our business, but seems like it might be worthwhile for complex setups and difficult geometries. I'm assuming that this would be a pretty serious investment, most ICAM stuff is, but I like the look of it.

 

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[Steve Hattori]

Hmm, looks very similar to Camplete's post and simulate software... I have Camplete, and it is really nice for 5x stuff when you are trying to fit a part inside the machine limits and not crash or over-travel. I wonder how the price compares?

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

ICAM was about $3k per axis you want to control IIRC. It is pretty tough to use but it's manageable for post guru's. CAMPlete is WAY easier. Camplete is as close to s GUI post builder as I've seen.

[MLS]

Looks interesting.

 

I wonder if this is a Mastercam specific thing or available for other CAM systems as well.

 

Looks like they might be trying to get some of Vericut's pie too.

[Steve Hattori]

James, you are right- you can modify a post for just about any situation very easily- we have posts formatted for 3x, 5x, 5x with pallet management, and several other oddbal things we run across from time-to-time, each having some specific additions or deletions depending on the situation. Very nice and easy to do. If your cost estimate is right, Camplete is cheaper for 5x than ICAM...not to rain on the ICAm parade. I'll shut up now...