NC-CAM is a
computer-aided manufacturing
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) also known as computer-aided modeling or computer-aided machining is the use of software to control machine tools in the manufacturing of work pieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most ...
software program introduced in 1989, and used by
printed circuit board manufacturers to create, modify, and optimize the
CNC
Numerical control (also computer numerical control, and commonly called CNC) is the automated control of machining tools (such as drills, lathes, mills, grinders, routers and 3D printers) by means of a computer. A CNC machine processes a p ...
program files used by
printed circuit board drilling and
routing machines. In particular, NC-CAM is used to optimize the
RS-274C Excellon format files used to program
Excellon,
Hitachi and other
printed circuit board drilling and routing machines.
NC-CAM was first developed for
MS-DOS
MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few ope ...
by Robert Henningsgard, and it is today developed and supplied for
Microsoft Windows by FASTechnologies, Corp. of Big Lake, Minnesota, USA.
External links
European Circuits*
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Computer-aided manufacturing software