Complete 80% of your Mastercam program in minutes

CAM Assist integrates with Mastercam to generate precise and efficient machining strategies. Takes  just 1 hour to learn. Same day set-up.

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How CAM Assist for Mastercam works

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Step 1

Open your CAD file in Mastercam. 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.

Make your machine shop 5x more productive

Generate machining strategies in minutes

CAM Assist creates 80% of your toolpaths and cutting strategies, so your programmers can focus on making more parts.

Feeds & speeds to reduce cycle time

Use our physics-based AI to optimize feeds & speeds. Get the perfect balance between cycle time, surface finish, and tool life.

Get accurate cycle times estimates, fast

CAM Assist enables quick and confident quoting. Deliver fast, accurate quotes to win more contracts.

Design custom soft jaws in seconds

Generate ready-to-machine soft jaw designs in seconds, saving an extra 40 minutes from CAD to first cut.

Through CAM Assist we get a lot more productivity. It's caveman to spaceman-- moving from hours to minutes. I'm all in!

Jeff Maki
President, Maki Precision
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Jeff Maki
President, Maki Precision

Reduce your CAM programming time by 80%

AI CAM programming

AI cutting parameters

AI cycle time

3 axis & 3+2 axis

How to stop CAM programming causing bottlenecks:

Your options
Benefits to your shop
Potential trade-offs
Do nothing
Zero upfront cost.
Lose work to competitors already using AI.
Hire more CAM programmers
Strengthen your team with fresh expertise.
Hard to find skilled talent. Long hiring process.
Outsource some of your programming
Increase capacity without strain on your team.
Less control, delays, and inconsistent quality.
Offer overtime to your current team
No new hires needed.
Risk of burnout. Reduced long-term productivity.
Use CAM Assist
Completes 80% of your programming in minutes. Takes 1 hour to learn.
Only 3-axis and 3+2 axis milling for the time being.

It does 80% of the program in just a couple of clicks. It's just saving me all the grunt work, and I can go in and adjust whatever I want.

Ian Sandusky
Lakewood Machine & Tool
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Ian Sandusky
Lakewood Machine & Tool

Cut time from CAD to first cut by 80%

Robotics

Cut time across the machining cycle

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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 maching to setting up and configuring your tool library. 

How do I buy CAM Assist?

If you haven’t already, follow the link above to get a demo of CAM Assist from one of our team. Their experience in manufacturing will help us understand you 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.

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