Prior to our 2020 product launch, each of the collection products had their own brand/identity (HSM, Nastran InCAD, Tolerance Analysis and Nesting Utility). I wrote a blog post that has some of the rational behind the name change for CAM and other products in the collection. What can we expect from HSM in the forseeable future? Is it true that we will be pushed/forced into Fusion to get improvements? Solidcam/InventorCAM are known names in the CAM world and are using this name for ages now, so using the same name as them is super confusing for (new)people looking up HSM stuff on the internet and will possibly push them into SolidCam/InventorCAM's arms.īugs, lack of fixes, lack of usefull updates, seemingly slowing down improvements and a constant push to Fusion(CAM?). InventorCAM is a competing CAM system/plugin that is also a certified partner of autodesk, doesn't sound fair to cross them like that.įor the people that don't know this, SolidCAM is the same competing plugin as InventorCAM but for Solidworks. Now there is a bigger gap with HSMworks as well, they don't share anything in the name anymore. Measurement between points is possible by holding down the Shift key while pressing the left mouse button.The HSM part is now gone and moved into the new name, Inventor CAM. If the mouse is equipped with an extra mouse button this can be used to fit the model and toolpath to the current view. Rotation around a toolpath endpoint is possible by clicking the middle button twice slowly while not moving the mouse and holding down the button on the second click. Rotation around the model center is done using the middle mouse button. Left-clicking on a highlighted toolpath endpoint makes the highlighted position the current tool position. The toolpath direction is indicated at the highlighted position using an arrow.
Endpoints within the toolpath can be highlighted by moving the mouse pointer over the point. The mouse allows control of the simulation view similar to the normal behavior of the model viewport. However, the tool orientation of the active operation is also indicated using a coordinate system located at the tool orientation origin. The coordinate system orientation is shown in the lower-left corner of the view.
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