SprutCAM

SprutCAM

The SprutCAM user interface.
Developer(s)	SPRUT Technology, LTD.
Initial release	1997 (1997)
Stable release	11
Preview release	12
Operating system	Microsoft Windows (2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10)
Available in	multilingual
Type	CAM
License	Proprietary
Website	www.sprutcam.com

SprutCAM (32/64 bits version) is a mid-level CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) program that runs on Microsoft Windows and was developed by SPRUT Technology, LTD. SprutCAM provide off-line 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) and robots (OLP).

History

SPRUT Technology, LTD. was founded in 1987 by Alexander Kharadziev, who recruited a team of engineers to build a company for developing CAx software, with its headquarters at Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia, and released its known product, SprutCAM, in 1997. This is one of the oldest Russian developers of PC-based  CAx software.

Version History

Past Versions

• SprutCAM (1997)
• SprutCAM 2 (2000)
• SprutCAM 3 (August 4, 2003)
• SprutCAM 4 (May 6, 2005)
• SprutCAM 2007 (August 11, 2007)
• SprutCAM 7 (November 18, 2009)
• SprutCAM 8 (June 6, 2012)
• SprutCAM 9 (January 1, 2014)
• SprutCAM 10 (January 1, 2016)

Current Version:

• SprutCAM 11 (March 20, 2017)

Future Editions:

• SprutCAM 12 (March 19, 2018)

System Requirements

The system requirements for SprutCAM:

Computer Aided Design products

• SolidWorks
• IRONCAD
• Kompas
• AutoCAD
• Inventor
• SolidEdge
• Alibre Design
• Cobalt
• PowerShape
• Rhinoceros
• Spaceclaim

SprutCAM have an associative geometry for CADs and toolpaths provide to modify the geometry or machining parameters and get updated toolpath.

File format

SprutCAM opens/saves following file formats:

• SprutCAM Files (*.stc, *.stcx)
• Operation/Parameters Files (*.sto)
• IGES: *.igs, *.iges
• STL: *.stl
• PostScript: *.ps, *.eps
• DXF: *.dxf
• Rhinoceros: *3dm
• Sprut Models: *.sgm
• Parasolid: *.x_t, *.x_b
• STEP: *.stp, *.step
• Sprut geometry format: *.sgf
• SOLIDWORKS: *.sldprt, *.sldasm
• SolidEdge: *.par, *.psm, *.pwd, *.asm
• PLY: *.ply
• AMF: *.amf
• Toolpath: *.xml, *.txt
• Template: *.html
• Postprocessors: *.sppx, *.spp, *.ppp, *.inp

Export/Convert following Formats via CAD Plugin as Background Process to IGES an Import:

• 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

See also

• CAx
• CAM
• CNC
• Machining
• Off-line robot programming

External links

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

References