Manufacturing Business & Technology Consultants

Inventor CAM

Integrated CAM software for Inventor simplifies CNC programming processes

Turn your ideas into machined parts using a familiar interface. Inventor® CAM software simplifies the machining workflow with CAD-embedded 2.5-axis to 5-axis milling, turning, and mill-turn capabilities.

Inventor CAM is available only in the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection

The Product Design & Manufacturing Collection provides the tools you need for the design and manufacturing of your products. The collection includes:

Inventor
Inventor Nesting
Inventor Tolerance Analysis
And more

Inventor CAM features

Adaptive clearing

Reduce roughing time by a factor of 4 or more compared to conventional roughing and increase tool life.

2.5- and 3-axis milling

Create toolpaths with powerful technology, such as 3D adaptive clearing, and the industry’s most complete package of finishing toolpaths.

4- and 5-axis milling

Simultaneous 4- and 5-axis features for machining complex models include tilt, multi-axis contour, and swarf.

Turning and mill-turn

Improve productivity with traditional turning, facing, grooving, and boring functions. Includes support for live tooling mill-turning.

AnyCAD in Inventor

Design changes in the source CAD system get automatically updated downstream in drawings and toolpaths.

Waterjet, plasma, and laser cutting

Generate 2D profile cutting paths quickly with the ability to add all contours in the same plane, add tabs, and specify quality settings.

Probing

Automatically avoid collisions between your part and tool holders during CNC calculations.

Tool holder avoidance

Multiprocessor/multicore CPU support reduces toolpath calculation times, especially on large or complex designs.

Slope machining

Control cutter engagement by using slope angles to minimize tool deflection and improve finish.

Stock and toolpath simulation

See stock being removed, and check for shaft and clamp/fixture collisions.

CNC output edit

Perform common text edits to NC program files.

Analysis tools

Measure distances or dynamically view vital information, such as feed/speed and estimated machining time.