Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software are critical tools used in woodworking today. While these software programs share similarities in their capabilities, they ...

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a machining process that discharges electric sparks from two electrodes on a metal sheet to detach the desired shape. Also called spark machining, it employs ...

Manufacturers are experiencing a perfect storm, with stretched supply chains, increasing cost of goods and materials, and the ever-present skills gap. At times it can be challenging to survive – let ...

Hypertherm has released a minor version update to ProNest 2019, its advanced CAD/CAM nesting software for automated cutting. New features include: PDF import so programmers and operators can directly ...

CAD for CAM, or computer-aided design for computer-aided manufacturing, is all about bridging the gap between the designer’s vision and the manufacturer’s process. But from working with diverse CAD ...

Often when designers use inexpensive low-end CAD/CAM software, they soon face design challenges that require more computing horsepower. And if they can’t find a solution within the same product line, ...

In the first of a four-part series, Robert Dusenbury provides an overview of how his team went about designing and producing a golf putter to demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of closed-loop ...