Complete 80% of your CAM program in minutes using AI

CAM Assist integrates seamlessly with your CAM package to generate machining strategies.

Make your shop 5x more productive

Get accurate cycle time estimates

Upskill your junior staff in hours

Proudly partnering with biggest names in manufacturing and technology

How CAM Assist works, in 4 simple steps

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Step 1

Open your CAD file in Fusion, Mastercam, or Siemens NX. Define your machine and workholding.

Step 2

Choose your tool library, machine, stock material, and machining mode (3-axis or 3+2).

Step 3

AI creates machining strategies, feeds & speeds, and more — getting you 80% there. Adjust as needed.

Step 4

Post G-Code and run the part on your machine, having saved hours of manual work.

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No more CAM bottlenecks in your machine shop

Let AI handle repetitive tasks so your skilled programmers can focus on high-value projects.

CAM Assist supports both 3-axis and 3+2 axis CNC machines, helping new programmers get up to speed quickly.

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Win more business with faster, accurate quotes

Use AI for precise cycle time estimates, delivering fast, accurate quotes that help you win more contracts. CAM Assist enables quick and confident quoting, giving you a competitive edge.

CAM Assist has really helped our business grow. With its 3+2 features, we're able to take on more jobs and produce parts faster, which means more revenue.

Andy Soos
Director, Bedford CNC
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Andy Soos
Director, Bedford CNC

Ignoring AI? You're missing out on a competitive advantage

AI CAM programming

AI cutting parameters

AI cycle time

3 axis & 3+2 axis

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Design fixtures instantly to boost efficiency

Generate custom soft jaw designs in seconds, cutting an average of 40 minutes from CAD to first cut, allowing your CAM programmers to focus on making more parts.

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Take on more jobs, grow your revenue

By accelerating routine tasks, CAM Assist lets your existing team handle more jobs. Increase throughput and meet higher demand without the overhead costs of hiring additional staff.

CAM Assist significantly reduces the time needed to generate tool paths and accurate cycle times by about 70%. This level of accuracy ensures that our quotes are competitive and reliable.

Mark Hyde
Director, FJH Group
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Mark Hyde
Director, FJH Group

Cut time from CAD to first cut by 80%

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Unlock your team’s full potential

CAM Assist benefits your entire machine shop — helping with everything from estimating new jobs, machining parts, and allowing your team to do their best work.

Machine shop owners

Increase productivity by removing CAM bottlenecks

Shorten lead times, so you can win more business

Stay ahead of your competitors by adopting AI

CAM programmers & machinists

5x your output using AI machining strategies

AI feeds and speeds to run parts efficiently

Reduce setup time thanks to instant soft jaw designs

Quoting & estimation

Get fast, accurate cycle time estimates

Improve quoting accuracy and speed

Win more jobs with confident bids

How much can you save with CAM Assist?

Calculate in minutes how much you could be saving today if you say goodbye to manual part estimation and started using CAM assist.

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What you could be saving

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AI cycle times

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AI cutting parameters

Instant soft jaws

3 axis

3+2 axis 

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FAQs

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How does the CAM Assist AI work?

CAM Assist has a deep understanding of the rules and physics of machining, paired with the ability to generate trillions of possible ways to manufacture a component. It does this bearing in mind your unique combination of part + fixture + tooling + machine.

It rapidly simulates these possibilities, narrowing down the options to a sensible set of operations that will successfully produce the part to tolerance, which it then inputs this directly into to your CAM package, much in the same way you would. This leaves you with a CAM program that is ready to simulate and edit.

CAM Assist will rarely provide a perfect strategy first time, but it will usually get you 80% of the way there - it is up to you to decide how to use that time.

How is CAM Assist different from Feature Based Machining?

Whereas feature-based machining can identify a certain feature on a part and enable you to make a macro for that feature, CAM Assist is an AI that’s been programmed to know how to make the whole component. 

That means instead of recognising features and drawing from a template library you have built, CAM Assist works out the best toolpaths and strategies based on all the elements that a component consists of, because CAM Assist understands the part holistically, as a whole.

CAM Assist is an AI that understands the physics and rules of CNC machining, works at full effectiveness out of the box, and receives new capabilities added monthly enabling it to program more components with faster cycle times and better process robustness.

By contrast Feature Based Machining is not AI and does not understand CNC machining. It can take upwards of a year to build an effective macro database, and most factories employing Feature Based Machining also employ full-time technicians to continually expand this database.

Feature Based Machining is known for being inflexible and difficult to set up. It tends to be most popular in major manufacturing operations producing large families of similar components - a use case in which it excels. It is rarely found in the subcontract machining arena.

CAM Assist requires no setup and little training, integrating directly into your existing CAM package. It also contains powerful additional capabilities including instant cycle time estimation, instant fixture generation and instant feed and speed optimisation.

Do you offer a returns policy?

Yes we offer a 14-day money back guarantee.

Can I use a single license of CAM Assist for multiple people? 

CAM Assist is purchased on a per seat basis and attaches to your CAM seat license. Our fair usage policy requires that you purchase a seat for every active user.

How do I find out if CAM Assist compatible with my CNC machine?

CAM Assist works with almost every CNC milling machine.

It will pull your machine parameters directly from your CAM package, and if you do not have machines already defined you will need to provide for each machine the minimum and maximum spindle speed (RPM), maximum spindle torque (Nm), maximum spindle power (kW) and maximum table feed (mm/min).

CAM Assist does not currently support other types of CNC machine such as lathes and mill-turns, though this is in development.  

Where is the data stored?

We use AWS cloud as our provider. Data is stored and processed in alignment with GDPR. If you have any further questions on this please contact camassist@cloudnc.com.

Where can I find tutorial video content?

Head over to our YouTube channel here. We have an ever evolving library of video tutorials to assist you with anything from 3+2 axis machining to setting up and configuring your tool library. 

How do I buy CAM Assist?

Follow this link to get a demo of CAM Assist from one of our team if you haven't already signed up. Their experience in manufacturing will help us understand your challenges, and take the best-next steps from there.  

Do I need a new post processor to use CAM Assist?

No - CAM Assist works directly within your existing CAM package and therefore does not require new post-processors.

How does CAM Assist manage my Cutting Parameters?

CAM Assist Cutting Parameters AI is the engine powering the feeds and speeds underlying the automatic machining strategy generation in CAM Assist. This dynamic physics model computes feeds and speeds based on the characteristics of the chosen machine, tooling, materials and numerous other parameters. With the Cutting Parameters Explorer tool, users can also modify these parameters dynamically for each toolpath operation to account for the specific factors of the job at hand.

Still have questions?

Developed and proven in the CloudNC factory

You can't build AI for machining without knowing how to make parts. CAM Assist is in-use every day manufacturing parts for Aerospace, Space, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Automotive, Defence and much more in our 22 machine factory.

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Defence

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