SprutCAM is a mid-level CAM

Cam

A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion or vice-versa. It is often a part of a rotating wheel or shaft that strikes a lever at one or more points on its circular path...

 (Computer-Aided Manufacturing

Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided manufacturing is the use of computer software to control machine tools and related machinery in the manufacturing of workpieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most common; CAM may also refer to the use of a computer to assist in all operations of a...

) program that runs on Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

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 and was developed by SPRUT Technology, JSC.
SprutCAM provide 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).

History

SPRUT Technology, JSC. was founded in 1987 by Alexander Kharadziev, who recruited a team of engineers to build a company that developed CAx

CAx

Computer-aided technologies is a broad term that means the use of computer technology to aid in the design, analysis, and manufacture of products....

 software, with its headquarters at Naberezhnye Chelny

Naberezhnye Chelny

Naberezhnye Chelny is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.A major industrial center, Naberezhnye Chelny stands on the Kama River some 225 km east of Kazan near Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It serves as the administrative center of Tukayevsky District, although it is not...

, Russia

Russia

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, and released its known product, SprutCAM, in 1997.
This is one of the oldest Russian's developers of PC-based  CAx software.

Version History

Past Versions

• SprutCAM
• SprutCAM 2
• SprutCAM 3
• SprutCAM 4
• SprutCAM 2007

Current Version:

• SprutCAM 7: Includes support for Windows 7 x86 and x64

Future Editions:

• SprutCAM 8: Due out in 2012.

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
  SolidWorks
  SolidWorks is a 3D mechanical CAD program that runs on Microsoft Windows and is being developed by Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, S. A. . SolidWorks is currently used by over 1.3 million engineers and designers at more than 130,000 companies worldwide...
  
  
• Kompas
  Kompas
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• AutoCAD
  AutoCAD
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• Inventor
• SolidEdge
• Alibre Design
• Cobalt
  Cobalt
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• PowerShape
• Rhinoceros
  Rhinoceros
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SprutCAM have an associative geometry for CADs and toolpaths provide to modify the geometry or machining parameters and get updated toolpath.

File format

SprutCAM 7 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 (*.spp, *.ppp, *.inp), IGES (*.igs, *.iges), VRML (*.wrl), STL (*.stl), 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).

External links

• Official SprutCAM Website
• Official SprutCAM Forum
• North American SprutCAM portal
• Free SprutCAM Tutorials by Tormach LLC