At the same time, the lack of an Inventor-integrated HSMWorks became an imbalance that needs to be corrected. This week, the correction comes in the form of Autodesk Inventor HSM, a CAD-CAM bundle that includes both Autodesk Inventor design software and CAM features. Like the free HSMXpress for SolidWorks, Inventor HSM Xpress offers 2D and 2.5 D programming for free, but you’ll need to have your own copy of Inventor to use the plug-in. However, Inventor HSM ($7,500 perpetual or $1,125 a year) and Inventor HSM Pro ($10,000 perpetual or $1,500 a year) both include a copy of the CAD program Autodesk Inventor. Inventor HSM standard includes 2.5D, 3D, and 3+2 milling applications. The Pro edition includes 2.5D, 3D and 3+2 milling, and 2D turning applications. (Purchased separately, Autodesk Inventor Professional costs roughly $7,300 Autodesk Inventor standard edition’s price is unpublished.) The reasoning to bundle CAD and CAM, as explained by Carl White, senior director, Autodesk’s manufacturing engineering product, is that “Users would want a dedicated CAD seat for performing CAM-separate from the primary CAD package.” (Note, too, that in the Inventor-integrated versions, the previous “-Works’ has been dropped to differentiate it from SolidWorks-integrated products.)Ĭurrently, there’s no option to purchase Inventor HSM or Inventor HSM Pro without the CAD program. Inventor HSM’s competitions are existing CAD-integrated CAM packages, including those from GibbsCAM, Mastercam, SolidCAM, and Edgecam. Inventor HSM is a classic desktop product, to be installed and run on your local machine. It’s different from Autodesk CAM 360, the company’s initiative to offer CAM features as part of its cloud-based Autodesk 360 on-demand services.
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