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progeCAM CNC Overview

This program requires progeCAD Professional to operate

progeCAM CNC Linked to progeCAD


progeCAM includes both progeCAD Professional, the "AutoCAD Like" CAD software, and PartMaster CNC, powerful CAM programming software for CNC mills, lathes or wire EDM machining. progeCAM offers machinists an integrated low-cost CAD CAM software bundle. You can choose from two different levels of  machining, progeCAM Basic or progeCAM Professional:

  • progeCAM Basic is an affordable 2D design, milling and backplotting solution for small to medium shops.
  • progeCAM Professional offers machinists the choice of multi-axis milling, lathe or wire EDM.

Both versions link seamlessly from within the progeCAD Professional window allowing you to transfer your drawing geometry from progeCAD into Partmaster for machining setup.

Features Available in progeCAM


  • Standard design tools.

  • Contouring Advanced Ramping

    Angled, Zigzag, Arc, Approach moves, 1st span and whole contour. Partial machining to avoid clamps etc. Combine multiple contours, Angled wall machining, Z profiling, Set plunge position.

  • Area Clear

    Pre-drilling, Angled ramping, Zigzag ramping, Spiral ramping, Set plunge position, Angled wall machining.

  • Shape Merge

    Define two separate contours at differing Z depths and create a ruled surface between them, constant Z level or full 3 axis machining.

  • Z Profiling

  • Single Slot, Ruled surfaces

    Extrusion and Rotation, Surface of revolution and surface patch between 2 profiles.

  • Chamfering

    Automatically produces single or multiple cuts depending on tool size.

  • Thread Milling

    For internal and external threads using single and multi-point tools

  • Digitizing

  • Free hand milling and drilling

    ideal for backing off extrusion dies

  • Macros

    Create custom Visual Basic Scripts (VBS) to automate repetitive work and produce family of parts.

  • Tooling Database

    Create multiple tooling databases and machine tool setups.

  • Tooling

    Turn, Bore, Groove, Trepan, Button, Partoff, Threading and Drills.

  • Facing

    Simply choose the start and end points for the Facing operation from the screen, set the cutdepth and the operation is complete. Fast and effective, includes the option to cut past the centre line to eliminate pips.

  • Turning

    Roughing the part couldn’t be simpler, set the maximum and minimum Z & X coordinates, the system won’t encroach onto the workpiece. set the Z and X finishing allowances and choose to keep out of “undercuts” if required.

  • Profiling

    Advanced Profiling with full G41/G42 tool nose radius compensation, differential finishing in Z & X. Approach and Runoff settings. Partial machining. Forward and Reverse, Internal and External.

  • Grooving

    Machine regular Grooves with Lip and Root details, or use a Grooving tool on ANY shape !

  • Advanced Roughing

    Roughing from a Billet or from ANY shaped Casting or Forging. Superb toolpath optimization.

  • Threading

    For internal and external threads, single or multi start threads - options for Feed Angle, Runoff and Acme type threads.

  • Post-Processing & Canned Cycles

    PartMaster Turning will output your controllers Canned Cycles such as G71, G72 for Roughing, G76 for Threading, G75 for Grooving etc. A comprehensive range of Post- Processors are supplied as standard.

  • PartMaster PDA Comms

    A new method ofcommunicating with your machine tools. It uses a PDA (handheld) PC running Windows Mobile and a specially developed version of PartMaster Dcomms.


progeCAM Link Binds Two Processes

progeCAM eases the transition from designing your part in progeCAD to programming your machine. modify your design with the  special toolbar, and export your design directly to PartMaster CNC. progeCAM offers you several new progeCAD IntelliCAD commands:

  1. pcamMILL - select geometry for CNC g-code milling and back-plotting.
  2. pcamTURN - select geometry for CNC lathe turning/machining & DNC (Pro only)
  3. pcamEDM - select geometry for cutting in Wire EDM machine (Pro only)
  4. pcamOPTION - configure the IntelliCAD CNC PartMaster link

progeCAM Demonstration Video


"Good News" for CAD Technology
(and your Wallet!)

2010 New Features:

  • DWG 2010 support
  • Windows 7 full compatibility

  • Performance improvement
    Open and Save, Zoom and Pan and visualization
  • PDF Import-Export
    PDF export with layers support (DWG can be exported into layered PDF)
    PDF import with layers support (Layered PDF can be imported keeping the original layer structure)
  • New Property Toolbar
    Support all entities properties, powerfull, “AutoCAD® like” feeling
  • Aerial View
    In a large drawing, you can pan and zoom quickly in a window that can display the whole drawing
  • Gradient Hatch support
    Display and creation of Gradients
  • New Hatch Form
    Completely renewed Hatch interface “AutoCAD® like” feeling
  • Advanced CTB
    Greyscale print and Screening
  • Polygonal layout Viewports
    display and creation
  • Solprof
    2D profile image extraction from ACIS solids
  • Highlighted selection area
    Crossing Selection and Window Selection
  • Render Export
    Export tool for Blender (.lwo), 3D Studio (.3ds), Pov-Ray (.pov)
  • Recovery manager
    Easy recover of drawings in the event of crashes
  • Express Tool
    New options
  • NLM Take Away
    NLM licenses can be temporarily moved on laptop or remote PC to be used offline. Max flexibility!
  • More languages available
    English, Chinese (traditional and Simplified), German, Italian, Polish, Czech, Russian (French and Spanish coming soon)

Epic Cool Stuff in progeCAD

- demo video


  • progeCAD QDIM
    Quick dimensioning
  • Google EarthTM Integration - demo video
    Export your models to Google Earth
  • Spell Checker
    Highlight and correct misspellings
  • Text editing improvement
    One click single line text edit
  • PDF Import - demo  video
    progeCAD converts PDF to DWG/DXF
  • Quick Group
    Creates Entities groups with one Click
  • Iconografics Interactive Purge
    GUI inerface for Purge command
  • Print area visualization
    Shows the page layout
  • Advanced Data Extraction
    Easy to use wizard for Attributes and Blocks data export
  • DIESEL language support
    Support AutoCAD® DIESEL programming language,

 

Really Cool Stuff in progeCAD!

  • Xref Manager
    A comfortable interface for the management of external references
  • Bitmap/Raster View - demo video
    progeCAD Professional supports DWG with images, photo, raster editing/visualization. ECW and Jpeg 2000 also supported
  • Bitmap Clipping
    Clip and polygonal clip on images
  • Snap 'From'
    The smart tool completing the snap family
  • Find and Replace
    Find and replace text and block attributes in DWG
  • Standard GUI
    More comfortable, standard graphic interface, New Toolbars “AutoCAD® like” feeling
  • Batman
    Local editing of blocks Attributes
  • eTransmit
    compacting and transmitting DWG file by email
  • progeSOFT Rendering
    Advanced rendering module with multiple lights management and the creation/editing of materials. Reflection, mirror, transparency, smooth shadows, customizable size bitmap output
  • Eattedit
    Advanced Attribute editing
  • progeSOFT Wblock Manager
    Tool for the improved creation of blocks on disk
  • progeSOFT New Wizard
    Initial configuration mask of new designs based on prototypes or predefined values
  • progeSOFT DWG Explorer
    Windows Explorer style windows for DWG browsing and block insertion
  • Extended Hatches
    More than 300 new Hatch patterns available
  • Redline and Markup support
    Support for redlining, commenting, markup and collaboration with progeCAD Viewer DWG, the low cost Viewer from progeSOFT
  • Layer Manager
    Save and Restore Layers configurations
  • Layout
    Management of multiple layouts allows the creation of all print tables of the same design and offers a greater compatibility with AutoCAD®
  • True color support
    Over the limit of 256 colors in DWG
  • ECW and Jpeg 2000 raster format
    The standard wavelet compression format optimized for aerial and satellite imagery
  • Hidden lines in Dview
    Hidden lines in perspective views
  • Layers interface
    “AutoCAD® like” layers management with Layers Filters support
  • Asiatic fonts
    Chinese, Korean and Japanese improved compatibiliy and new fonts
  • Raster to Vector
    progeCAD Professional includes WinTopo raster to vector tool. - demo video
  • Layout Advanced Features
    Hide on Layout
    Shade on Layout
    Selection of Model Space with Double-Click
    Layout Tabs
  • DWF Import & Export
    progeCAD 2009 Professional reads and writes standard DWF 2D/3D files
  • 3D models o2c export
    progeCAD 2009 Professional contains o2c features; 3D Models are easily exported and managed with the o2c tool. o2c is the best Tool for 3D models presentations.
    A 3D model is more alive, convincing and touchable.
    The o2c format is not only a 3D-Viewing on internet but also in Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook within HTML email.
  • JPG and PDF print
    Export drawing to JPG and PDF formats
  • RealTime Pan & Zoom
    progeCAD 2009 Professional allows users to work with their drawings using RealTime Pan and Zoom and also includes the exclusive progeSOFT's PPan Technology* allowing dramatic improvements on Pan movements
  • Lineweight for Display and Printing
    Lineweight is supported on Video and Plot
  • ActiveX integration
    Allow cut and paste of progeCAD drawings (or just parts of them) to a Microsoft Office application
  • Customization (AutoLISP, DIESEL, SDS, COM Automation)
    3 programming languages supported by progeCAD 2009 Professional: LISP and SDS (C++ ADS compatible) VBA and COM automation.
  • ALE, Blocks Libraries Management* updated
    progeCAD 2009 Professional contains the full version of ALE, the progeSOFT's powerful module for Blocks management.
    More than 11.000 blocks included

progeCAD supports every important AutoCAD® file type, including AutoCAD® drawings (from 2.5 through 2009), AutoCAD® menus (.MNU), AutoCAD® scripts (.SCR), AutoCAD® AutoLISP routines (.LSP),  AutoCAD® Drawing Exchange Format (DXF), AutoCAD® ADS Compatible programs (SDS, Solutions Development System), Windows TrueType and AutoCAD® SHP/SHX fonts, AutoCAD® Tables for plotting (.CTB), AutoCAD® Hatch Patterms, AutoCAD® Blocks, AutoCAD® Linetypes, etc.



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