Alibre Releases Integrated 3D Parametric CAD/CAM Solution

By DE Editors

Alibre, Inc. (Richardson, TX) announced that the Alibre CAM product family is now available for download. Unveiled in April, the company says Alibre CAM is the first fully integrated 3D parametric Personal CAD/CAM solution that is accessible and affordable for manufacturers and machine shops of any size, even individuals.

Alibre CAM is integrated into Alibre Design, the 3D parametric CAD product family from Alibre, so there is only one interface to learn and changes to the design automatically update tool paths. Alibre CAM products provide 2½ to 5-axis CNC milling, including profiling, pocketing, facing, v-carving, engraving and hole and thread milling, as well as a variety of roughing, re-roughing and finishing operations such as horizontal, parallel, and radial. Hole making operations are also supported, including drilling, tapping, boring and reverse boring, along with animated toolpath simulation.

All Alibre CAM products come with numerous postprocessors as well as a custom postprocessor generator. Alibre CAM runs inside of the Alibre Design user interface and can be purchased as a bundle with Alibre Design, or as an add-on to a previously purchased version of Alibre Design.

Greg Milliken, CEO of Alibre said, “Alibre is changing the status quo by providing a single, integrated parametric CAD/CAM solution for mainstream design and manufacturing at a fraction of the price of anything else on the market.”

For a detailed listing of the features in the Alibre CAM product family, go to Alibre, Inc.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.