CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
29 May 2012
Company News
CAXA Partner with ModuleWorks for 5-Axis Machining and Simulation
ModuleWorks have confirmed their partnership with Chinese CAD/CAM/PLM vendor, CAXA.
CAXA develops and markets an integrated suite of CAM/CAM/PLM solutions to handle the entire product lifecycle from conceptual design through to manufacture, tailored specifically to the Chinese manufacturing industry.
The new CAXA 2013 release will offer ModuleWorks toolpath generation and Simulation technology to provide customers with state-of-the-art 5-Axis machining and simulation. A wide range of 5-Axis strategies include multi-pass roughing, SWARF, Contouring, Flowline and 3-5 Axis toolpath conversion. Combined with full kinematic machine simulation and material removal, CAXA 2013 provides a complete set of tools for advanced machining applications.
CAXA join the growing list of more than 50 CAD/CAM vendors who have partnered with ModuleWorks to provide machining and/or simulation technology to their customers.
The partnership between CAXA and ModuleWorks was announced at a major CAD/CAM press event in Beijing in March 2012 and has since been publicized in much of the Chinese industry press. Dr. David Plater, Technical Director at ModuleWorks, attended and is seen above announcing the new partnership with CAXA.
Dr. Plater comments “We’re delighted to have CAXA as a new partner in the Chinese market and it’s a pleasure to have been present at the event to announce our collaboration. Our toolpath and simulation technology will be delivered with CAXA 2013 and this highlights the benefits of the partnership, delivering integrated and industry proven high technology software tools to customers in a short period of time.”
About CAXA
CAXA is a well-known brand and the largest domestic CAD/CAM/PLM provider in China. Based on its mission CAXA has developed a suite of CAD/CAM products and PLM solutions to address the complete spectrum of product-lifecycle requirements, from early conceptual design, detailed design, process planning, shop-floor management to post-sale services. CAXA has received numerous awards including "Best-10 Domestic Software Awards" and "Software Gold Award" from China Software Industry Association. There are more than 250,000 CAXA software installed through well-established channels throughout China.
About ModuleWorks
ModuleWorks is a software component provider for the CAD/CAM industry. ModuleWorks’ expertise in 5-Axis Machining and Simulation is recognized throughout the CAM industry and its software components and development services are used by the majority of the leading CAM vendors. ModuleWorks 5-Axis and Simulation software has been used in the manufacture of complex parts for over a decade and they have many users in the global CAD/CAM industry.
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