CAMWorks – Tolerance Based Machining (TBM) uses tolerances, hole callouts, surface finishes and other annotations to automatically generate CNC programs for 3D parts.

Geometric Ltd, a global leader in 3D CNC machining software, will highlight critical new functionalities in CAMWorks to simplify and speed up the CNC programming process by using manufacturing data; including tolerances, surface finish, GD&T, thread callouts, etc. in 3D models, at Booth A124, Hall 3B from 26^th January to 1^st February, at IMTEX 2017 Bengaluru, India.

CAMWorks is an intuitive, feature-based CAM software that helps to increase productivity using best-in-class technologies and adaptable automation tools to maximize CNC machining efficiency.

Sambit Pradhan, Director – Business Development – APAC, Geometric Limited says, “We recently launched CAMWorks 2017 which is going to be the highlight at IMTEX. It has lots of exciting features and one of them is Tolerance Based Machining. This new feature is in-line with the current industry demand, that’s automate and make design and manufacturing process seamless.”

 The new ‘Machine to the Mean’ capabilities in CAMWorks eliminates long-standing issues surrounding differences between design practices required to tolerance parts based on fit, form and function vs. manufacturing’s need to machine geometry based on mean dimensions and tolerances. Smart Manufacturing Technology Brings CAD and CAM together to Create CNC Programs Faster than Ever Imagined

Aligning with industry initiatives such as Smart Manufacturing and Industrie 4.0 for advanced manufacturing, CAMWorks has been uniquely structured to realize the benefits of automated CNC program generation based on tolerance, surface finish, and other annotations in 3D parts. This functionality is possible due to CAMWorks’ ability to extract manufacturing features like pockets, bosses, holes, etc…, and automatically create toolpaths based on an internal knowledge base of user definable tools, feeds, speeds, and strategies.

“The new enhancements in CAMWorks will help our customers and prospective buyers to achieve goal of time to market, reducing dependency and maintaining quality. We welcome all to our booth to experience the live demonstration of CAMWorks TBM by our experts” added Pradhan.

Geometric Americas, Inc released CAMWorks 2017 with significant additions to the software focusing on customer needs and worldwide manufacturing initiatives, such as Smart Manufacturing and Industrie 4.0. The new capabilities in CAMWorks 2017 are a result of more than 60 customer-driven enhancements.

“The additions to CAMWorks 2017 reinforce our vision of providing customers with a level of CNC programming automation well beyond the industry norm. As the design and manufacturing world continues to adopt SOLIDWORKS® Model Based Definition (MBD), Product Manufacturing Information (PMI), and worldwide initiatives like Smart Manufacturing and industry 4.0, CAMWorks will lead in providing faster Design-to-Manufacturing solutions,” said Jim Foster, CAMWorks Vice President Channel Sales and Marketing.

Some of the most significant enhancements to CAMWorks 2017 include:

Tolerance Based Machining (TBM) – Uses tolerances and non-geometric data in a 3D CAD model to select optimal machining strategies and create toolpaths automatically. CAMWorks unique TBM capability leverages SOLIDWORKS MBD and DimXpert information to read annotations from a SOLIDWORKS 3D model and use the annotations to, automatically selects the tools, feed and speed required to develop optimal toolpaths. TBM can increase productivity by as much as 70% or more over traditional CNC programming methods while providing the ability to capture and re-use best practices. It also improves quality by automatically selecting the best machining strategy to meet the required quality requirements.

CAMWorks High Speed Machining, VoluMill Milling Advisor – Provides recommended feed and speed parameters to maximize the performance of VoluMill high-speed machining.

Chuck and Fixture Definition – Provides the ability to use chucks and fixtures designed using SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies or STL files for toolpath simulation and collision detection in Mill-Turn and Turning. The chucks and fixtures can be moved or rotated in x, y, and z directions with respect to the Fixture Coordinate System (FCS) of the current part, ensuring that the chuck or fixture is properly aligned with the current part. SOLIDWORKS configurations of the chucks and fixtures are also supported.

3D Interconnect in SOLIDWORKS and CAMWorks Solids – Provides a continuous path of associativity from 3D model changes in all leading 3D CAD formats through automatic updating of toolpaths that dramatically speeds up re-programming as parts change.

SOLIDWORKS Integration – Tighter integration with SOLIDWORKS ensures that the design and manufacturing models are one and the same. SOLIDWORKS and CAMWorks are fully associative in all aspects including API Automation with SOLIDWORKS partner products such as DriveWorks, Configurations, MBD, and DimXpert annotations, meaning that any change made to a 3D model in SOLIDWORKS on the design side will automatically be reflected in CAMWorks on the manufacturing side. With this strong connection, machining strategies in CAMWorks are based on annotations from the MBD data provided by DimXpert in SOLIDWORKS. 3D Interconnect in SOLIDWORKS provides associativity to all major CAD formats, from geometry level changes through toolpath generation, dramatically reducing CNC re-programming efforts.

CAMWorks 3D CAM software technology, Tolerance Based Machining uses tolerances, hole callouts, surface finishes, and other annotations to automatically generate CNC programs for SOLIDWORKS 3D parts. In the new release, Tolerance Based Machining has been expanded to support ISO 286-2, (Tolerance Classes for Holes & Shafts)

Geometric Americas  a global leader in 3D CNC machining software, today announced a new release of their revolutionary technology that uses SOLIDWORKS® 3D DimXpert and Model Based Definition (MBD) 3D dimensions and annotations to automate the programming of CNC machined components.

CAMWorks was uniquely architected to reduce a 3D solid model into a set of discrete machining features, and apply a knowledge base that selects tools, feeds, speeds, and machining strategies to automate the creation of CNC toolpaths. Tolerance Based Machining dramatically enhances CAMWorks core architecture by adding the ability to read and react to non-geometric manufacturing information such as tolerances, surface finish, and other annotations in 3D models. This ability not only speeds up the CNC programming process, and improvements in quality, but also creates a much stronger design-to-manufacturing process for machined components.

Jim Foster (VP channel marketing and sales) says, “In a world where every manufacturer is competing globally, we need to have tools that provide real breakthroughs in time-to-market. Tolerance Based Machining not only completes the digital thread between design and manufacture for machined components, but also significantly reduces CNC programming time, improves quality, and allows users to capture and reuse their best practices”.

About CAMWorks:

CAMWorks’ revolutionary workflow that automatically extracts manufacturing features and leverages knowledge based machining to provide customers with the most advanced solution in the industry for creating CNC programs. CAMWorks capability includes 2.5 and 3 Axis Milling, 3 Plus 2 Advanced Milling, Simultaneous 5 Axis Milling, Turning, Mill-Turn, High Speed Machining and True G-Code Simulation. CAMWorks is SOLIDWORKS Gold Partner product and provides seamless integration and full associativity with SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies and configurations.

Geometric Ltd. (BSE: 532312, NSE: GEOMETRIC) announced its fourth quarter and annual financial results for FY 2015-2016 at the board meeting held today.

Highlights for the financial year ended March 31, 2016 (FY16)

• Revenues in USD terms grew 4.4% to USD 188.49 Mn in FY16 from USD 180.61 Mn in FY15
• In INR, revenues stood at INR 12,334.57 Mn as against INR 11,053.01 Mn, a growth of 11.6%
• Revenues for Geometric (excluding the joint venture company) showed a 3.9% growth to USD 138.22 Mn from USD 132.98 Mn in the previous year
• Consolidated Profit after Tax almost doubled to INR 1,053.47 Mn from INR 551.63 Mn
• The Board recommended that the interim dividend Rs. 3 per equity share of Rs. 2 each paid during financial year ended March 31, 2016 be confirmed as the final dividend for the FY 2015-16 at the 22nd Annual General Meeting
• Added 3 new customers during the year

Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 (Q4 FY16)

• Consolidated Profit after Tax of the Company stood at INR 342.54 Mn as against INR 289.43 Mn in the previous quarter and INR 32.92 in the corresponding quarter last year; a growth of 18.4% and ~9x (940.7%) respectively
• Continued focus on margin improvement led to EBITDA margins of 16.2% for Geometric (excluding the joint venture)
• Signed new deals worth USD 14.52 Mn
• Record high EPS of Rs. 5.27

The Company declared operating revenues of USD 46.55 Mn for the quarter, compared to revenues of USD 47.68 Mn in Q3FY16 and USD 42.92 Mn in Q4FY15. In INR terms, revenues stood at INR 3,127.04 Mn in comparison to INR 3,148.46 Mn in the previous quarter and INR 2,679.00 Mn in the corresponding quarter last year. Geometric’s revenues excluding its joint venture company were at USD 34.44 Mn as against USD 35.24 Mn in Q3 FY16 and USD 31.45 Mn in Q4FY15.

Mr. Manu Parpia, Managing Director & CEO said, “FY16 has been a landmark year for us. Our concerted efforts led to a transformation of our business reflected in improved margins. We are now at a level comparable with our peers and can look to investing in creating solutions, which can drive further growth.”

The company had a total employee strength of over 4700 employees as of March 31, 2016, including its subsidiaries.

Key wins and additional business highlights for Q4 FY16

The Company signed new deals worth USD 14.52 Mn. Some of the significant wins in this quarter include:

• Entered a software development deal with a leading PLM ISV
• Won a PLM project with a leading Automotive player in North America
• Awarded a PLM services project with a leading European Automotive OEM
• Signed a software services engagement with a leading orthodontics equipment manufacturer
• Won an Applications Management Services contract from a leading European Automotive OEM
• Awarded a PLM services project from a leading Asian Transportation Systems Manufacturer

Other important business highlights for the quarter include:

• Launched NestingWorks 2016, 3D nesting software for automatically nesting layouts of SOLIDWORKS® parts and assemblies for production
• Enhanced CAMWorks® 2016 with ‘machine to the mean’ capabilities and support for SolidWorks MBD

Geometric Ltd. a leader in Product lifecycle Management (PLM), Global Engineering Services and Offshore Product Development (OPD) Solutions and Technologies, today announced the release of version 4.1 of its automated design for manufacturability solution, DFMPro® for NX software. The latest version delivers many new customer-driven enhancements for users of NX, a leading integrated 3D computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE) software, developed by Siemens’ PLM software business.

The latest version of DFMPro, significantly speeds up the design review time with its powerful new Microsoft Excel® based reporting feature. Users can easily create, share and communicate DFM analysis reports in Microsoft Excel format with internal teams and external manufacturing suppliers located globally.

Additionally users designing plastic parts will get better control for moldability of a part with the newly added ‘Mold Wall Classification’ feature, which segregates between the core and cavity mold faces.

The solution also helps improve design and manufacturing collaboration, which is becoming a top priority for organizations today. Design reviews are conducted with teams on different aspects such as functionality, manufacturability, serviceability and cost, to solicit their critical input during early design stages. However, with the changing engineering landscape and cross-disciplinary teams scattered across the globe, design reviews can be highly time-consuming, and error-prone. DFMPro captures the rules for these multi-disciplinary aspects, thus automating the basic review.

“We constantly strive to bring significant enhancements to meet the changing needs of our users, while also ensuring that they benefit from newer functionality and ease-of-use. With the newest version of DFMPro, we are significantly reducing the design review time for our NX users as well as improving the productivity of designers,” said Swadhin Bhide, Head of Geometry Technology Solutions Business Unit at Geometric.

The NX Check Mate tool automates design checking and makes drafting and standards validation a continuous, proactive process rather than an afterthought,” said Joe Bohman, Vice President, Product Engineering Software, Siemens PLM Software. “The powerful manufacturability analysis capability provided by DFMPro efficiently leverages, complements and augments Check-Mate”

Geometric Ltd, a global leader in 3D CNC machining software, today announced the addition of automated ‘Machine to the Mean’ capabilities when working with SOLIDWORKS® parts and assembly files that contain tolerance— or geometric dimensioning and tolerance (GD&T)—information. These automated mean tolerance calculation capabilities will eliminate the common practice of having to manually calculate allowances when defining CNC tool paths or the need to rebuild 3D models to mean geometry, thus eliminating potential mistakes, while saving time and money, and streamlining the transition from design to manufacturing.

Available through an upcoming, second-quarter 2016 point release of CAMWorks® 2016 software, the new ‘Machine to the Mean’ capabilities eliminate long-standing issues surrounding differences between design practices required to tolerance parts based on fit, form and function vs. manufacturing’s need to machine geometry based on mean dimensions and tolerances.  CAMWorks 2016 is the only mainstream CNC application that can calculate the mean tolerance and automatically generate the correct information for tool path generation.

“Every part or assembly that has tolerances designed for specific functional requirements—such as slip fits, press fits, etc.—require tolerance specifications that have different upper and lower or asymmetric limits,” explains Jim Foster, Vice President of Global Channel Sales & Marketing at Geometric. “This has long caused extra work for manufacturing professionals because parts are machined to a nominal dimension using methods and tools that provide an equal resulting tolerance on each side of a mean dimension. For years, CNC programmers have had to manually calculate mean dimensions and tolerances and then offset edges and surfaces in the manufacturing model or, rebuild 3D parts to take this into account, a practice that is time-consuming and prone to error.”

“With this new capability, CAMWorks 2016 software will automatically calculate the mean dimension and required tolerance for manufacturing and then use this information to select the correct tooling, machining strategy, and generate the toolpath.” Foster stresses. “The impact of this solution is that CAMWorks users won’t have to rebuild models or add offsets anymore because they will be able to machine to the mean automatically, saving time, reducing costs, and improving quality.”

ENGIMACH 2015 is arguably a unique exhibition, first of its kind in India, where three world famous manufacturers, namely CAMWorks, Win Tool & Speroni are teaming up to interface their products in order to give live demo of complete production cycle, right from CAD drawing, total manufacturing process and generation & display of all analytical reports of pertaining to quality & productivity. This will be the most cohesive performance, offering great opportunity for the manufacturers, as they will get excellent exposure to selection of right technology for process improvement, optimum utilisation of technology for productivity & quality improvement.

Indian manufacturers are set to witness one of the most exciting Engineering show at ENGIMACH 2015, scheduled to be held at Gandhinagar, Gujrat, from 3rd December to 7th December 2015. ENGIMACH is unique Engineering Exhibition, featuring number of products from renowned manufacturers across the world.   The show promises great exposure to world-class technology.

CAMWorks, A Geometric Product, with machining intelligence, is the most advanced CAM programming software, available for getting products to market faster, more efficiently and within budget. CAMWorks is a next generation best-in-class CNC programming solution, that enables the users to programme smarter and machine faster.  The team is bolstered by participation of Win Tool, a leading name across the world, for providing solutions in management of tools, equipment, instructions and NC programmes.   Another world famous name in the team is Speroni SpA, Italy.   Speroni, an Italian Tool management solution manufacturer is offering their product for tool measuring and inspection solutions, in interface with CAMWorks & Win Tool. Combination of these reputed players will put up a great display at ‘Engimach 2015’ and visitors will get concrete, effective and innovative engineering solutions on number of manufacturing issues faced by them.

Talking about the arrangement, Mr Ravi Moolya, General Manager, Speroni India Pvt. Ltd., said, “We are displaying tool measuring solution and interface with WINTools & CAMWork, which provides efficiency, and speed. Our agenda of coming together is to spread awareness amongst Indian manufacturers about the latest technologies.”

Geometric Ltd. announced its second quarter financial results for FY 2015-2016 at the board meeting held recently.

Highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 (Q2 FY16)

• Consolidated Profit after Tax rose to INR  230.24 Mn this quarter from INR 191.27 Mn in Q1FY16 and INR 162.9 Mn in Q2FY15, a growth of 20.4% q-o-q and 41.3% y-o-y
• Revenue in USD terms grew to USD 47.46 Mn compared to USD 46.80 Mn in the previous quarter and USD 46.12 Mn in the corresponding quarter last year, a rise of 1.4% and 2.9% respectively
• Signed new deals worth USD 12.14 Mn
• Improvement in utilization from 72.7% last quarter to 74.1% this quarter contributed to better margins
• EPS for the quarter at INR 3.57

The Company declared operating revenues of INR 3,083.52 Mn for the quarter, compared to revenues of INR 2,975.55 Mn in the previous quarter and INR 2,796.67 Mn in the corresponding quarter last year reflecting a growth of 3.6% q-o-q and 10.3% y-o-y. The Company’s revenue excluding its joint venture company rose to INR 2,245.86 Mn, a growth of 3.9% from INR 2,162.31 Mn in Q1FY16 and 9.2% from INR 2,056.18 Mn in Q2FY15. The Company’s EBITDA at INR 528.59 Mn showed a marked improvement of 27.0% q-o-q and 22.3% y-o-y.

Mr. Manu Parpia, Managing Director & CEO said, “We have had an exceptional quarter, with significant improvements in profitability for Geometric excluding our joint venture. This is the result of a concerted effort to improve our margins so as to build a sustainable enterprise. We continue to witness growth opportunities across all our verticals, which we believe will enable us to improve the quality of revenues, while continuing in our endeavor to improve our margins”.

The company had a total employee strength of about 4800 employees as of September 30, 2015, including its subsidiaries.

Key wins and additional business highlights for Q2 FY16

The Company signed new deals worth USD 12.14 Mn. Some of the significant wins in this quarter include:

• Signed a multi-million multi-year PLM engagement with a leading Oil & Gas technology company
• Entered into a contract for next generation CAx solution for a manufacturer of orthodontic solutions in North America
• Won a manufacturing engineering deal with a key robotics and factory automation tools manufacturer
• Awarded a PLM services project with a leading Aerospace player in Europe
• Signed an engineering services project with a leading North American Automotive OEM

Other important business highlights for the quarter include:

• Launched a next generation collaboration solution, GeometricEDGE® to enable design and engineering data exchange between OEMs, partners, and joint ventures for global engineering
• Alliance with PDTec, a leading provider of software and services for enterprise wide collaboration in product development

Geometric Ltd., a global leader in advanced machining software, today announced the release of CAMWorks 2016 software, the latest release of the company’s suite of 3D CNC machining applications. CAMWorks 2016 delivers new productivity-enhancing capabilities that will help companies move seamlessly from design to manufacturing, while enabling more cost-effective handling of design and manufacturing changes.

Operating inside SOLIDWORKS® 2016 design software, and fully associative to SOLIDWORKS 3D design geometry as a certified SOLIDWORKS Gold Partner, CAMWorks 2016 provides many new customer-driven enhancements that enable CNC operators to boost productivity in the generation of toolpaths, as well as shorten the cycle times required to machine parts and assemblies.

A recognized industry leader in knowledge-based machining, proprietary feature recognition, and true G-code machine simulation, CAMWorks 2016 further automates the toolpath programming process, reducing CNC programming, setup, and machining time.

“CAMWorks 2016 delivers the most thoughtful enhancements I’ve seen in the past ten years, including significantly reduced dependencies on sketches, and a new tool-based workflow that helps simplify toolpath generation for many typical jobs,” said Jeff Travorrow, President of CAMS, Inc.

“The new surface selection method available to create prismatic, non-planar machining features provides a huge improvement for our CNC customers, because it eliminates the previous need to create sketches to define features.  Now we only need to select existing model geometry to create features,” said Tim Fulton, CAM Manager, Hawk Ridge Systems, Inc.

“The 2016 release has done a great job of improving the user experience.  As both an instructor and end user, I really like the addition of the Tool Tree tab and other changes to the tool environment. Creating, editing, and managing tools and tool cribs is now a much simpler task and makes CAMWorks easier to use and more efficient,” said Tyler Reid, Manufacturing Applications Manager, GoEngineer, Inc.

Improved functionality in the CAMWorks 2016 suite of CNC machining applications includes:

Productivity-enhancing improvements:

• Interactive feature recognition enhancements, including the selection of non-planar edges and faces
• Improved chamfer machining options including the use of intelligent parameters and user feedback to provide users better control with chamfers.
• Improved automatic feature recognition to simplify features and automatically recognize features by depth
• View and modify default machining strategies directly in CAMWorks without having to access the CAMWorks technology database (TechDB) in a separate application window

New Machining Benefits:

• Automatic pre-drilling of holes for high-speed machining applications in CAMWorks VoluMill
• New gun-drilling cycle specifically designed to support industry-standard tooling for deep-hole drilling and gun-drill operations.
• New cycles to support point to point operations including center drilling, drilling, reaming, and tapping of holes in complex four and five axis components and assemblies.
• For multitasking Mill-Turn machines, the ability to specify a fixed B axis angle for the tool and tool holder has been added for turning operations to provide better tool control.    

User Interface Improvements: 

• Addition of a Tool Tree Tab to simplify the creation of tools and tool cribs, more easily manage tools and operations including selecting, editing, replacing, and deleting tools.
• Enhanced generation of setup sheets including the ability to incorporate multiple part and assembly images as well as tool images to reduce setup time.
• Improvements to Knowledge Based Machining (KBM) database to simplify automation using features, operations, and strategies.

A new cost estimation module available with its flagship CNC programming software, CAMWorks.

Geometric a leader in advanced manufacturing software, 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.