Advanced Capabilities for CAM Engineering
Software is a key differentiator in machine building and tool manufacturing, driving the acceleration of process-oriented workflows. With Spatial’s 3D Software Development Kits (SDKs) and industry expertise, you can ensure seamless collaboration from CAD design to the manufacturing shop floor while elevating your efficiency and innovation.
your challenges
Key Challenges Faced by CAM
Software Development Companies
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CAD-to-CAM Collaboration
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Managing Software Complexity
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Automating Design Updates
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Feature Recognition and Optimization
Implementing feature recognition and defeaturing to analyze and optimize CAD models for advanced manufacturing processes.
How Spatial Solutions
Address Your Challenges
Empowering Automation
CGM facilitates industry-proven feature recognition and defeaturing that allows CAM engineers to automate the analysis and optimization of the CAD model for specific manufacturing and tooling processes. CGM Modeler’s feature recognition supports the range of manufacturing features on any imported model, such as holes, pads, pockets, fillets, chamfers and many more. Spatial’s Data Prep extends 3D InterOp to automatically optimize 3D data with robust algorithms, reducing model complexity and size using powerful filtering and compression techniques.
Seamless Collaboration
In the dynamic landscape of manufacturing, the integration and communication between the top floor (management, design, programming) and the shop floor (actual production area) are vital. Spatial solutions play a crucial role in bridging this gap. Spatial’s CGM Modeler and 3D InterOp aid CAM engineers in importing CAD models from different systems into your application, analyzing and optimizing these models with quick and direct geometry edits, as well as generating tool path calculations.
High Quality CAD and PMI Import
3D InterOp enables high-quality CAD import, and expertly handles B-rep geometry and non-exact geometry. It enables your application to work with an extensive breadth of CAD formats in a seamless, unified way. Additionally, with 3D InterOp, your team can build CAM software that automatically generates measurement plans and preserves design intent by importing PMI (Product Manufacturing Information) from 3D CAD models. Our customers can achieve up to 90% time savings when utilizing PMI to create a measurement plan.
Specialized Graphics Framework
Application Graphics Manager (AGM) is a comprehensive 3D application development framework that offers a multifaceted toolset for developing robust 3D applications. It offers multiple layers of functionality, including a user interface framework, Object Lifecycle Management, specific features for undo/redo in geometry, a rendering engine and everything in between — all while integrating seamlessly with all other Spatial SDKs. AGM also offers fast collision checks, providing accurate and reliable simulations of machining processes to the CAM engineer.
1. File open
- Part and Assembly Import
- Selective BREP Import
- Semantic & Graphical PMI
- CAD Associativity
2. Leverage Geometry, PMI, and Metadata
- Feature Recognition and Automatic Defeaturing
- Query PMI
- Query Metadata
3. Modify Model
- Modeling Operations
- Healing
- Direct Editing
4. Visualize Results
- Tool Path Calculation (Your IP)
- Visualize Simulation
- Desktop or Web Browser
5. Generate Output & Share
- Persist Geometry and User Defined Data
- STEP, .pdf, Web, etc.
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Features Built for CAM Workflows
Spatial’s solutions have built-in functionality that targets the
unique needs of the CAM industry. Select capabilities include importing any BREP CAD,
healing and cleaning, part orientation operator and feature recognition.
CAD Import
3D InterOp leverages the CGM kernel and native APIs to read/write a lot of file formats. Native APIs give your application a strong edge in terms of quality without requiring a CAD license. Incrementally import CAD data as individual containers, including product structure, tessellated geometry, exact geometry and manufacturing information, as needed by your application workflows.
Semantic PMI Import
3D InterOp supports product manufacturing information in graphical and semantic form with full geometrical associativity, enabling engineering reviews and process automation for manufacturing and measurement.
CAD Associativity
Spatial's CAD Associativity capability allows for the automatic reconfiguration of machining setups in response to design updates.
Feature Recognition and Defeaturing
CGM Modeler embeds advanced feature recognition on any imported model without accessing the feature tree. Applications can leverage operators to identify features such as holes, pads, fillets and more, along with their defining parameters for manufacturing automation and model simplification for analysis.
Direct Editing
CGM Modeler and ACIS Modeler provide the best-in-class geometric operators for solid and surface modeling and direct editing. Applications can leverage operators to create the most complex 3D parts and assemblies commonly used in automotive, aerospace and other industries.
CAD Morphing
CGM Modeler supports the modification of imported and natively designed models. Developers can implement their downstream workflows by leveraging various operators such as Boolean, offset, fillet and more to efficiently prepare models.
Collision Detection
AGM provides a common foundation of functionality among robotics applications. For example, representing robots, connecting robot controllers, importing work models and jigs, generating welding points, detecting collisions, robot manipulators, playing animations and more are all integral to successful robotics applications. This enables you to develop your next-generation robotics application rapidly.
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Focus on Your Innovative Value-Add
Rather than developing low-level, common modeling routines and APIs, your team spends its time and energy solving your customers’ specific problems.
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Maximize Your Growth Potential
Software and equipment combined can lead to top-line volume growth and revenue increases for machine tool vendors.
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Minimize Risk and Reduce Cost
Leverage established and performant software SDKs for basic building block reuse, managing risks and reducing costs.
Focus on New Capabilities
Working with software SDKs allows time and resources to be laser-focused on innovation and differentiation rather than recreating what everyone else has.
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Grow Together
At Spatial, we know we’re most successful when growing together. That’s why we promise to be your most trusted partner, working together to innovate today for tomorrow’s needs.
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