HSMWorks is designed from the ground-up to run only within SolidWorks and built on a modern software architecture. Our total focus and commitment to SolidWorks allows us to provide the best CAM experience inside SolidWorks. Experienced SolidWorks users feel right at home working with HSMWorks and will be able to create high-quality toolpaths within minutes. New users benefit from the unmatched 2D and 3D CAD capabilities of SolidWorks mechanical design solutions and quickly extend any knowledge gained to the CAM process, resulting in improved design quality and reduced product development time.
Seamless Workflow Experience — from Design to Manufacturing
Defining machining geometry and parameters by selecting entities directly from the SolidWorks model, enables HSMWorks to maintain full associativity between the SolidWorks model and machining operations so any changes to the model are automatically reflected in the toolpath. Late design changes no longer mean missing delivery deadlines or introducing last-minute programming errors.
Certified SolidWorks® Gold Partner Product
HSMWorks has received the highest level of SolidWorks certification, the Gold Partner Product Certification. SolidWorks Gold Partner certification ensures that HSMWorks is compatible with the latest release of SolidWorks. HSMWorks meets or exceeds all Gold Partner requirements, providing unparalleled integration and an unmatched SolidWorks user experience.
Key Advantages of HSMWorks:
HSMWorks stands for High Speed Machining. The main goal of High Speed Machining is minimizing run time. Other factors, including surface quality and tool life, are also important. HSMWorks toolpaths are optimized to address all these factors by reducing cycle times, improving surface quality, and extending tool life.
- Instant association with the CAD model
- No data translation errors
- Fewer files to manage
- Superior CAD tools
- Lower training cost
- Superior machining flexibility
Best-in-class 3D Strategies
HSMWorks strives to generate the shortest and smoothest toolpaths possible, resulting in reduced machining time, improved surface quality, less tool wear, and extended machine tool life. In addition to the traditional pocket clearing strategy, HSMWorks features the innovative Adaptive Clearing strategy that typically reduces the roughing time by 40% or more and increases the tool life by as much as a factor of 10 depending on the material hardness. Finish paths follow the part faces to create the final part shape. Many machining strategies are available to suite the part topology. HSMWorks provides superior finish machining technologies that incorporate smooth/tangent lead in/out moves to keep the tool moving in a smooth motion, reducing machine wear and tool marks.
- Pocket
- Adaptive Clearing
- Contour
- Parallel
- Pencil
- Scallop/Constant Stepover
- Spiral
- Radial
- Horizontal Clearing
- 3+2 Machining
Tool Library
Tool information can be specified directly using the HSMWorks tool library or imported from 3rd party tool databases. Production documents, including a tool list, are automatically generated and can be exported in a number of different formats including HTML, XML, Excel and Word documents.
3+2 Machining
All 2D and 3D strategies support 3+2 machining (5-axis positioning) by rotating the part or the head of the machine tool through a combination of A, B, or C axis motions. Create 3+2 operations by simply selecting a work plane for the operation. HSMWorks takes care of the rest by finding the most efficient rotations to orient the part. Once positioned, all machining strategies are available. Tools and holders are gouge protected for all strategies that normally support this feature.