CloudNC announces CAM Assist is now used by over 1K machine shops to accelerate CNC programming with AI

Global technology company CloudNC announced that its CAM Assist offering is now in use by over 1,000 machine shops and machinists worldwide. The company said that those who use its AI accelerate the programming of CNC machines, making them more efficient. 

CloudNC is also launching CAM Assist 2.0, an upgrade to its AI offering that accelerates the CAM programming journey from CAD model to machine-ready toolpaths, while giving users more control over each step.

The London-based company secured a $45M Series B round in mid-2022.

CAM Assist 2.0 details

CloudNC said that CAM Assist 2.0 is available today and represents a substantial enhancement to the existing software. It retains the speed of CAM Assist, while adding the oversight, feedback and shared intelligence elements that machine shops need to use AI with confidence. 

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“CAM Assist is being adopted globally by tech-enabled machine shops who believe in the power of AI to transform their operations,” said Dr. Andy Cheadle, CTO at CloudNC. “The new 2.0 upgrade shows that AI and human expertise can work side by side, improving a machinist’s productivity even further. By letting users see and ultimately influence the AI’s decisions as they happen, we’re helping shops program faster and with higher confidence, resulting in an even more useful solution that machinists and programmers can trust implicitly.”

The company said that programmers using CAM Assist can now stay firmly in control of every critical decision, while still saving hours as they turn CAD models into reliable toolpaths. 

CAM Assist 2.0 is a web-based CAM automation application that initiates from the user’s CAM package. 3-axis and 3+2 operations are supported. 

In the new web UI, the user still generates a working toolpath by pressing the CAM Assist button. Now, CAM Assist 2.0 breaks out the AI stages so that parts can be assessed before running. Moreover, as files are being computed, control over strategy editing is passed to the user.

CloudNC also highlighted the following updates in CAM Assist 2.0:

• One-click configuration:  Intelligent defaults and a configuration workflow let machinists start programming in minutes
• AI guidance at every step: Context-aware recommendations - shaped by part geometry, machine constraints and tools and fixtures - appear precisely when choosing strategies, tool assemblies or feeds and speeds, increasing feedback
• Human-in-the-loop oversight: Before any toolpath is committed to a CAM system, CAM Assist enables review, letting users inspect, adjust and edit each strategy operation so shop standards are never compromised.
• Seamless hand-off: Once approved, the strategies are pushed directly back into the user’s preferred CAM package, ready for code generation and verification

CloudNC said CAM Assist 2.0 also makes machine, material, and tool assembly management easy, as it is tailored to the user’s shop environment and configures itself to the customer.

With cloud storage of these elements, the company said CAM Assist can run faster, utilize more extensive tool libraries and parameters and serve as a common source between CAM programmers. This helps standardize output and achieve consistent results across a machine shop’s output. 

“CAM Assist automates the most time-consuming programming work in just a few clicks, giving us more time to focus on the fine details,” said Anthony Stephenson, prototype machinist at Avalanche Energy and a CAM Assist user. “The new CAM Assist 2.0 takes this even further: the interface is clean and intuitive, making the entire process feel seamless. The improved workflow makes programming easier and faster, helping us get more parts out the door." 

CloudNC said it will make CAM Assist 2.0 available to all customers across Autodesk Fusion, Mastercam and Siemens NX platforms.