Geometric releases CAMWorks Costing (http://www.camworks.com/costing), an add-on module to its existing, flagship CNC programming software, CAMWorks. It is ideal for improving the speed and efficiency while responding to RFQs (Requests for quote) in a machine shop. CAMWorks Costing speeds up the estimation process and generates accurate quotes within minutes, enabling shop owners to confidently respond to much higher number of RFQs.
For most shops, the estimating process can be highly time consuming and requires special expertise that only a shop owner or senior machinist may possess. In addition, most estimates involve a lot of guesswork, risking profitability or losing jobs.
To address these challenges, Geometric introduces CAMWorks Costing which simplifies and standardizes the estimation process for machine shops. CAMWorks Costing automatically recognizes machine like features in a job, including the ones that can be easily missed but can add significant cost to a job, like fillets, drafts, undercuts or odd angled holes. This significantly speeds up the estimation process. The cost of each feature is calculated using a database of materials, work centers, processes and manufacturing time-standards.
“With CAMWorks Costing, we can help our customers develop quicker and more consistent estimates for the jobs they quote. This will give our customers deeper knowledge when estimating and help them win more profitable business”, said Jim Foster, Vice-President, Channel Sales and Marketing at Geometric.
About CAMWorks
CAMWorks, a parametric, solids-based CNC programming software system, brings in a revolutionary way to help machinists around the world program smarter and machine faster. CAMWorks significantly reduces programming time and removes the drudgery from CNC programming by using patented Feature Recognition technology in conjunction with full toolpath to solid-model associativity and knowledge-based machining. For more information go towww.camworks.com.
