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The most important
objective of PASCAM is to increase construction safety.
Errors are always expensive and should be
avoided. And errors are even more expensive the later they are detected. By
modeling completely in 3D the user is able to recognize almost all geometric errors
easily in an early stage of construction and
can eliminate them. The transparent presentation and easy modification of
other construction data in the way of the "semantic
features" contributes also to this
objective.
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With
various possibilities to save construction knowledge in
PASCAM such as with
the library, the mates, by means
of processing feature etc. PASCAM helps you to
minimize errors by using proven constructions safely and efficiently.
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PASCAM has got the aim of being able to
perform fast and efficiently in standard constructions and
to create special constructions as far as possible automatically with the help of
standards. Hereby you profit from the outstanding performance and full flexibility of a feature based volume
modeler like SolidWorks®. That
means you can deposit your standard constructions in the
system the way your company needs it and you can always fall back
on them fast and easily. Special constructions are created as far as possible
based on standard constructions in order to use efficient tools like the
manager of variables, the
part description and the
mate manager.
These special constructions again get "standard"
for later use fast and very easy in turn.
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Another target of
PASCAM is the complete integration in
SolidWorks®.
Due to the high degree of integration you don't notice which
functionality you are using at the moment. This complete integration is
reached through a advancement of the
feature technology. As a
result SolidWorks gets more efficient for the woodworking companies.
This is leading to "semantic
features", mapping
the reality to your construction model as close as you
need.
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PASCAM Bea
includes the aim of a complete bidirectional networking of CAD/CAM. That means
you generate your construction model and transfer it into the CAM module where
your CNC program can be generated. In turn the production data are saved
associatively in your CAD model so that a modification of your construction automatically results
into a change of your CNC program. That's how the complete
integration of CAD/CAM is getting really efficient.
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The use of standards for interfaces is another aim.
This way expensive development resources are saved, proven software is used and the
operation is simplified. E.g. the provided wood list or the bill of materials
is based on Excel worksheets, enabling you to carry out further calculations
in other programs, import the data easily or do conversions
into other industry-specific formats.
