SmartCAM

{{Short description|Suite of CAD/CAM software applications}}

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SmartCAM is a suite of Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and CAD/CAM software applications that uses toolpath modeling to assist CNC machinists in creating computer-numerically controlled (CNC) programs that direct CNC machine tools.

The SmartCAM family of applications include systems in support of CNC milling, turning, mill/turning, Wire EDM and fabrication.SmartCAMcnc.com: [http://www.smartcamcnc.com/product_info.php SmartCAM Product Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817071551/http://www.smartcamcnc.com/product_info.php |date=2011-08-17 }}

One of the pioneers of "stand-alone" CAM systems available for the personal computer, SmartCAM was initially developed in 1984SmartCAMcnc.com: [http://www.smartcamcnc.com/about_smartcamcnc.php About SmartCAM and SmartCAMcnc] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426135919/http://www.smartcamcnc.com/about_smartcamcnc.php |date=2010-04-26 }} by Point Control Company in Eugene, Oregon, and after a series of corporate acquisitions from 1994 to 2001, in 2003 ownership and development has been conducted by SmartCAMcnc in Springfield, Oregon.Desktop Engineering Magazine: [http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaabty.htm SmartCAMcnc Continues Rapid Development of SmartCAM Suite]