– Posts / Setup: Comments relating to posts and setup. – 4/5 Axis: Comments relating to multi-axis support – Value: Comments relating to price or value at the price. – Simulation: Comments relating to built-in simulators. Feature recognition and templates or styles are the most common.

– Feature Recognition & Templates: Customer comments relating to a grab bag of features that reduce the work needed to set up a toolpath. – Toolpaths: Customer comments relating to quality of toolpaths, level of control, power, MRR’s, and the like. – Ease of Use: Customer comments relating to Ease of Use, Support, Documentation, Help, and the like. – CAD Integration & Features: Pct of customers calling out CAD integration or built in CAD features as something they really like about the package, or as something that frustrates them. – Customer Satisfaction: Our score based on how adopters rated the package and whether they were shopping for a replacement.

– Likelihood of Adoption: Percentage of trials that wound up adopting.

We’ve rated each package in this report on: We cover the packages by market segment just as in the other analyses. The results give an unprecedented view into how real users react to the various packages.ĭespite there having been more than 16 packages surveyed, we decided to only cover the Top 16 in order to ensure there were enough responses for each package to allow meaningful analysis. We didn’t pick categories, we simply asked folks to tell us the 3 things they liked most about their CAM software and the 3 biggest frustrations they were having with it. Moreover, when we ran the survey, the questions were open-ended. The ratings and information here are drawn entirely from those survey responses. This article presents a different kind of analysis of CAM packages because it’s based not on our view of the packages, but on the views of real users of the software as determined by our 2015 CAM Market Share and Usability Survey. Odds are, the more you know about the various CAM packages you’re considering, the better off you’ll be. What sorts of things would you like to know before purchasing CAM Software? CAM is often expensive, you’ll invest hours learning to use it properly, and it may make the difference between success or failure of your CNC project. Picking the wrong CAM package can be a nightmare…

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