Affordable Integrated CAM for Alibre Design^®

Alibre CAM offers a wide variety of machining strategies. Around 60 types of unique toolpaths can be created, each with a myriad of options that allow you to fine tune everything from toolpath shape to entry/exit trajectories.

2.5 Axis

Profiling, hole pocketing, facing, engraving, V-carving, thread milling, roughing, chamfering, and much more.

Toolpath Sorting lets you optimize the order of pocketing, v-carving, engraving, chamfering, and hole operations.

Support for tabs and bridges lets you automatically create bridges and tabs for easy part cutout.

3 Axis

Extensive 3-Axis toolpath generation includes many roughing, re-roughing, finishing, pocketing, and cleanup operations that optimize surface finish and minimize cutting time. There are too many to list here - please view the Feature Comparison to see them all.

4 Axis

Alibre CAM has support for 4 Axis machines. Continuous facing, pocketing, profiling, engraving, finishing, roughing, and hole making represent a robust toolset to mill your products.

5 Axis

Alibre CAM supports indexed 5 Axis operations.

Toolpath animation and cut simulation

Animate the toolpaths you create or run a full cut simulation.

Stock Comparison

After running a cut simulation you can compare the simulation with the ideal cut based on the 3D part geometry. This lets you easily and visually detects areas of over or undercuts so you can revise your toolpath options to get the ideal finish.

One-click shop documentation creation lists all tools required, estimated machining time, and descriptions of each operation.

This is the key differentiator between Alibre CAM and other products in the market. When you compare us with our competition and examine any of the traditional measures of price - typically Cost of Purchase, Cost of Ownership, and Return on Investment - you will find that Alibre CAM is the hands down winner in all three of these categories. We invite you to compare us to the competition.

Questions to ask every CAD/CAM vendor:

1. How much is it to purchase the software?
2. What is the yearly cost of updates and support?
3. How long will it take to learn?
4. How long will it take to recoup my investment?
5. Is it integrated with a powerful and robust CAD system?
6. If I change my CAD model will my toolpaths adjust automatically?

Alibre CAM is easy to learn and use. Whether you're familiar with another CAD/CAM package or just starting out, you will find the intuitive layout of the software easy to navigate. Everything is done in a left-to-right fashion, so there isn't any haphazard guessing about what you should do next.

Built in Tutorials

Alibre CAM comes with a comprehensive Getting Started Guide. Hundreds of pages of step-by-step tutorials guide you through even the tiny details of successfully creating toolpaths. Of course you don't need to read everything to learn the software, but it's available if you want it.

Built in practice parts

The Getting Started Guide comes with tutorial files you can open and use to work along with the guide. You learn by doing.

Alibre CAM comes with Alibre Inc.'s excellent support. Customers that choose to purchase yearly maintenance enjoy a fast, knowledgeable support team that is versed in CAD and CAM methodology. You can even allow them to view and control your screen remotely so you can watch them fix a problem on your own monitor.