IntelliCAM is a parametric CAM integrated in a multipurpose CAD. A low cost solution which creates drawings in dxf and dwg format and process them into programs conform to the more demanding producer of numerical control machines. The CAD is IntelliCAD: a drawing tool open, complete and widely diffused. IntelliCAM enriches it with performances oriented to the typical tool machine working enviroment. Projections, emptyings and working cycles are easily obtained. Each action is correlate with the machine configuration. In a single session of work it is possible to change the environment, to design an object, to check the machinability and to produce a program ready to be executed. Being proprietary software, IntelliCAM is open to any customization. It can also operate standalone and process drawings in Dxf format. ENVIRONMENT Supports the operating systems : Windows® 98/2000/XP/Vista/7/10. Requires as least: Processor Pentium II or Athlon, 128MB of RAM, 80 Mb of free space on the hard disk and a USB port. CAD IntelliCAD is a professional CAD, 2D/3D writing in Visual C++ by Intellicad technology consortium constituted by 30 firms. The version of IntelliCAD is available generally in two editions. Classical Edition and Professional Edition with a great number of software libraries of rendering and modeling. Both are perfectly compatible with AutoCAD* in the format of the file of sketch. Even the user interface, without losing in functionality, is extremely similar to that one of the most famous competitor. There are many distributions of IntelliCAD: BricsCAD CMS IntelliCAD ProgeCAD ZwCAD ... IntelliCAM works with all the editions of IntelliCAD. (*) AutoCAD is a registered mark of Autodesk. DRAWING Filters the non meaningful parts of the drawing for the NC. Defines the dimensions of the piece and it allows to operate on the standard faces and on tilted faces. Resolves the problem of the search of the tangents among arcs, lines and points. Directs the geometry with commands of inversion. Modifies the position of the points of beginning and end. Adds in automatic way the runs of entry and exit. Introduces in a parametric form figures with a geometry simple. Expresses in a parametric form complex geometries. Uses mathematical rules or simple bonds with the dimensions of the piece. Produces writings with the conversion of the fonts. From TTF format to DXF format. PROCESSING Introduces a set of variables to modify the original geometry of the drawing in parametric way. Applies parametric methods for to bond the geometry of the workmanships to the variations of the piece's dimensions. Calculates the movement of the tool center point with or without compensation ray. Performs operations of projection and wrapping on cylindrical surfaces to get trajectories for machines with four axles. Empties areas of any form. Respects the inserted islands. Insert automatically several job cycles. TECHNOLOGY Read the machine parameters. Attributes the technological information to the geometry. Interprets points, lines, arcs, polylinee, ellipsis and splines as workings. Inserts job cycles as buttonholes, milling and pockets with a single way or a multiple way. Adapts the output format for every machine, of new or old generation. From the simple HPGL format to the complex ISO G-CODE. Handles in a open way the codes G and M. It does not require the supplier assistance. OPTIMIZATION Applies various sorting criterions to the piece. The sorting rules take into account the queries of the operator, the geometry of the drawing, the priorities among tools and types of working. Applies various optimization criteria in the choice of the tools. With a particular attention to the boring holes cycles. MACHINE Connects all the elaborations with the machine parameters. Changes the tools parameters in the same job session of the CAD. Furnishes an easy tool for the positioning of the vacuum blocks and the verification of the encumbrances. Visualizes the movement of the tool center point. Performs a series of controls on the feasibility of the workings. Provides the design of a executive working list. Allows to run simultaneously more configurations of machine or more machines. COMPARISION of IntelliGeo, IntelliToolPath and IntelliCAM IntelliGeo IntelliToolPath IntelliCAM Geometric constructions guided X X X Geometry-oriented X X X Change origins polylines X X X Removes the tangential discontinuities X X X Transformation from spline to polyline X X X Import xyz file X X X Definition the work-piece X X X Construction of inclined faces X Copy from one side to another X X TTF engraver X X X Construction contouring profiles X X X Construction profiles of pocketing with islands X X X Construction profiles of projection X X Construction edging profiles X X Geometry with parametric dimensions X G-code file import X X Technological assignments X X Working cycles with technology re-assignable X Order machinings with selection X X Automatic sorting machinings X Simulation tool movement X X Managing fourth and fifth axis X Managing multi-spindle X Drilling optimization X Writing programs for CNC X X Open configuration of the post processor X X Activation of dedicated post-processors X Configuration for more machines X Construction work list X Software protection key X X Protection with usb dongle X