A common scene in any machine shop today, 4 and 5-axis machines are increasing production, providing faster cycle times, all with less scrap rate. InventorCAM’s approach to supporting these machines is to provide a clean and effective way to program on multiple sides of a part and provide bullet-proof gcode. In InventorCAM programming 4 or 5-axis indexing is no different than 3-axis programming.

Coordinate system definition

Tired of dealing with construction views, copying models, and rotating them in space for new alignments? Define a CoordSys on the fly, by just picking a face, and continue programming your part.

Simulation

Use SolidWorks robust assembly modeling to add your vise or fixture for simulation. Our Solid Verify will provide full collision detection and monitoring as the tool machines each feature around your part.

Gcode

Being the end result of any CAM system, InventorCAM offers multiple options to get clean efficient gcode for multi axis machines. InventorCAM’s post processor can be setup to handle all rotations and work offset shifting, to eliminate the need for setting up multiple work offsets at the machine