MACH 2014 - NT CADCAM to showcase SolidWorks, CAMWorks, Eureka, TransMagic

James Mitchell, NT CADCAM's CAM application consultant, said: "When you show people something our software can do in 20 minutes that would have taken them five hours, you do get a few 'wow' moments. I'm looking forward to showing visitors solutions to things they wouldn't even have thought to ask, because they never dreamed it was possible. It's a fantastic job when you can help someone on their journey to manufacture their product." NT CADCAM will be showcasing four key software packages: SolidWorks by Dassault Systemes; CAMWorks by Geometric; Eureka powered by Roboris; and TransMagic. Solid Works and CAMWorks NT CADCAM suggests the ideal product development process is to design the product in SolidWorks, produce the machine toolpaths in CAMWorks, then simulate those toolpaths in Eureka. Mr Mitchell continues: "NT CADCAM has been selling CAM products for 16 years. We know how these CAM programmes work inside and out, and we still believe we have the best CAM software product in CAMWorks, which includes some of the most interesting, cutting-edge technologies available, such as automatic feature recognition, knowledge-based machining and recognition of over 20 different feature types." Eureka Eureka fits into the process as a kinematic machine simulation package. The CAD process sometimes can't take into account fixtures that might be too high, for example. So Eureka simulates it exactly as it is on the machine. Users get a model of the machine, so users can see the tools moving around exactly as if you were standing in front of a real life simulator, rather than putting a £400,000 machine at risk of damage. It can take code from any CAM system, but for CAMWorks users it can accept code at the press of a button and input all the data and simulate it straight away. With Eureka inside CAMWorks, NT CADCAM is one of only two suppliers in the UK who can offer full G-code with simulation within its CAM package, it is argued. TransMagic TransMagic's function is in seamless data conversion. To get a file to open in a way users need can take 2-3 days. Some CAM systems will only let users work with their particular file system, or even a specific version. TransMagic is NT CADACAM's answer to all data translation. It's smart, and will take each file, convert and repair it into the format users want, it is assured.