SprutCAM
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 The SprutCAM user interface. | |
| Developer(s) | SPRUT Technology, LTD. |
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| Initial release | 1997 |
| Stable release | 10
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| Preview release | 11
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows (2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8) |
| Available in | multilingual |
| Type | CAM |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
SprutCAM (32/64 bits version) is a mid-level CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) program that runs on Microsoft Windows and was developed by SPRUT Technology, LTD. SprutCAM provide off-line CNC programming for cutting, wire EDM, 2, 3 and multi axial machining with support Multi-tasking Turn-Milling centers with live tooling (CNC Swiss-Type Lathe) and robots (OLP).
History
SPRUT Technology, LTD. was founded in 1987 by Alexander Kharadziev, who recruited a team of engineers to build a company for developing CAx software, with its headquarters at Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia, and released its known product, SprutCAM, in 1997. This is one of the oldest Russian developers of PC-based CAx software.
Version History
Past Versions
- SprutCAM (1997)
- SprutCAM 2 (2000)
- SprutCAM 3 (August 4, 2003)
- SprutCAM 4 (May 6, 2005)
- SprutCAM 2007 (August 11, 2007)
- SprutCAM 7 (November 18, 2009)
- SprutCAM 8 (June 6, 2012)
- SprutCAM 9 (January 1, 2014)
- SprutCAM 10 (January 1, 2016)
Current Version:
- SprutCAM 11 (March 20, 2017)
Future Editions:
- SprutCAM 12 (March 19, 2018)
System Requirements
The system requirements for SprutCAM depend upon which complexity and size project are used in customer's PC. An oversimplification would be to say that one should have a PC with an Intel Core2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 5GB HDD, 3D pointing device: 3Dconnexion 3D mouse-compliant, professional VideoCard: OpenGL-capable card (OpenGL 1.5), Windows XP SP2 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2.
Computer Aided Design products
- SolidWorks
- IRONCAD
- Kompas
- AutoCAD
- Inventor
- SolidEdge
- Alibre Design
- Cobalt
- PowerShape
- Rhinoceros
- Spaceclaim
SprutCAM have an associative geometry for CADs and toolpaths provide to modify the geometry or machining parameters and get updated toolpath.
File format
SprutCAM opens/saves following file formats: SprutCAM Files (*.stc, *.stcx), Operation/Parameters Files (*.sto), Drawing Files (*.eps, *.ps, *.txt), DXF (*.dxf), Toolpath (*.xml, *.txt), Template (*.html), Postprocessors (*.sppx, *.spp, *.ppp, *.inp), IGES (*.igs, *.iges), VRML (*.wrl), STL (*.stl),
And Export/Convert following Formats via CAD Plugin as Background Process to IGES an Import: Rhinoceros (*.3dm), Cobalt (*.co), PowerShape (*.fic, *.model, *.psmodel, *.dgk, *.pfm, *.x_b, *.xmt_bin, *.x_t, *.xmt_txt, *.stp, *.step, *.prt, *.par, *.sldprt, *.vda), Autodesk (*.iam, *.idw, *.ipt, *.ipn, *.ide, *.prt, *.asm, *.sat, *.ste, *.step, *.dwg, *.dxf, *.iges, *.igs), Kompas (*.a3d, *.m3d, *.cdw, *.frw), Rhinoceros (*3dm, *.rws, *.3ds, *.stp, *.step, *.raw, *.wrl, *.vrml, *.ai, *.eps, *.lwo, *.spl, *.vda, *.dwg, *.dxf, *.dgn, *.sldprt, *.sldasm), SolidEdge (*asm, *.dft, *.par, *.psm, *.mds, *.pwd, *.dgn, *.dxf, *.dwg, *.prt, *.sat, *.stp, *.step, *.x_b, *.xmt_bin, *.x_t, *.xmt_txt), SolidWorks (*sldasm, *.asm, *.sldprt, *.prt, *.slddrw, *.drw, *.x_b, *.xmt_bin, *.x_t, *.xmt_txt, *.stp, *.step).
See also
External links
- Official SprutCAM Website
- Official SprutCAM Forum
- North American SprutCAM portal
- Free SprutCAM Tutorials by Tormach LLC