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GibbsCAM CAD Interoperability
In order to ensure that GibbsCAM® can receive and machine part data, whatever the source,
GibbsCAM supports a wide variety of popular computer-aided design (CAD) data formats
for exchanging part data.
All GibbsCAM packages support point lists, DXF/DWG, and IGES formats. These formats
represent the most commonly used formats in use in industry today allowing part data to
be read in from almost any source. Once read into GibbsCAM, problem geometry can be
repaired using GibbsCAM’s powerful healing technology. Surface models can be
automatically stitched into solids allowing GibbsCAM’s powerful solids-based
technology to be applied.
Solid modeling is the standard method to represent parts for most modern CAD applications.
To ensure the highest level of data exchange fidelity, Gibbs licenses the Parasolid®, ACIS®
and Granite® solid modeler kernels. These three systems are the most popular, mainstream
solid modeling kernels used by numerous CAD applications. To ensure the ultimate level
of interoperability, GibbsCAM supports reading the native formats of many popular CAD
applications, such as Autodesk Inventor®, CATIA V4, CATIA V5, KeyCreator®, PTC® Creo,
Rhinoceros®, Solid Edge®, and SolidWorks®. This allows GibbsCAM to directly open and
machine part files from these CAD systems.
To further enhance interoperability with GibbsCAM, data transfer add-ins have been
developed specifically for Autodesk Inventor, CimatronE, Keycreator®, Rhinoceros, Solid
Edge, and SolidWorks. These add-ins augment the CAD application allowing it to transfer
part files from their current session directly into GibbsCAM.
In recognition for achieving a high level of interoperability, GibbsCAM is certified under
the Autodesk Inventor Certified Application Program, is a Siemens Solution Partner
Program-PLM for Solid Edge Product, and is a SolidWorks Certified CAM Partner Product.
GibbsCAM also supports STEP and VDA-FS, two international data exchange formats.