Fusion 360 [ and Why CAD/CAM Companies JUST DON’T GET IT !! ]
CAD/CAM companies and developers JUST DON’T GET IT !! If you are a machinist and / or job shop CNC programmer … this article is for YOU !! Let’s start at the beginning … CAD/CAM was originally designed “back in the day” for the design and manufacture of COMPLEX aircraft components. And for that complex […]
X-Carve Programming and KipwareM®
As we continue to ramp up our sister woodworking company … KÄRV … we continue to demonstrate and prove our mantras for our Kipware® machine shop software. Metalworking operations … woodworking operations … both have a lot of similarities and requirements and we continue to prove our Kipware® real world machine shop design and features in our […]
New 3D Feature for KipwareM®
Today we are proud to be introducing a new conversational feature for our KipwareM® – Conversational CNC programming software for milling for our groundbreaking 3D conversational option. This option allows for the creation of G code programs to machine a radius along the edge of workpiece using only a conversational or fill-in-the-blank form. As we often […]
Ground-Breaking Conversational 3D Programming In Action
In 2013 … Kentech Inc. released it’s ground-breaking and innovative 3D conversational programming for milling in KipwareM®. This release established Kipware® conversational as THE premier conversational CNC programming software … whether PC based on machine control based. This conversational 3D option IS THE ONLY CONVERSATIONAL 3D PROGRAMMING IN THE MARKET … IN THE WORLD !! […]
The Kipware® Conversational Shop Floor Programming System
We get asked a LOT about the differences between CAD/CAM systems … such as Fusion360, Bobcad, Mastercam etc. … and Kipware® conversational software and our approach to “shop floor CNC programming”. We always love to take the opportunity to offer the explanation about our design and concept that differentiates Kipware® from CAD/CAM programming. We feel it […]
Is CAD/CAM Making Your Shop DUMBER?
We have written a few posts now ranting about how true artisans are being replaced by Artificial Intelligence and how manufacturing may have summoned the demons by over-utilizing complex and “intelligent” software to completely replace the “human factor” ( you can read a post HERE ). That thought was even the subject of an article in […]
Why CAD/CAM Post Processors Are Old School And Obsolete
There is no denying that going from a CAD drawing through CAM and then to the output of the final G code program … a post processor is an essential tool. And if you wish to output that G code to multiple machines and controls … then you must need multiple post processors. Right ???? […]
Kipware® Conversational vs CAD/CAM — G code “wizards” — Conversational Controls
Some of the most frequently asked questions we hear in regards to conversational CNC programming are : “Why should I consider Kipware® conversational over CAD/CAM ?” “Why should I consider Kipware® over a conversational CNC control ?” “What’s the difference between Kipware® and those G code “wizards”? And we actually love these questions … because […]
