What is CAD/CAM?
The term '''CAD/CAM''' is a shortening of [[Computer-aided design (CAD)|Computer-Aided Design (CAD)]] and [[Computer-aided manufacture (CAM)|Computer-Aided Manufacture (CAM)]]. The term CAD/NC ([[Numerical control|Numerical Control]]) is equivalent in some industries. Most CAD/CAM [[software]] was developed for product development and to design and manufacture of components and molds. They are also increasingly used by [[architects]]. CAD/CAM software uses CAD drawing tools to describe geometries used by the CAM portion of the program to define a toolpath that will direct the motion of a [[machine]] tool to machine the exact [[shape]] that was drawn. Examples of CAD/CAM software are SolidWorks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.solidworks.com/home-page|title=3D CAD Design Software|website=www.solidworks.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24|archive-date=2020-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221080151/https://www.solidworks.com/home-page|url-status=dead}}</ref> INVENTOR,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/inventor/overview|title=Inventor {{!}} Mechanical Design And 3D CAD Software {{!}} Autodesk|website=www.autodesk.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> CATiA <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.3ds.com/products-services/catia/|title=CATIA™ 3DEXPERIENCE® - Dassault Systèmes® 3D Software|website=www.3ds.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> and AutoCAD.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/autocad/overview|title=AutoCAD For Mac & Windows {{!}} CAD Software {{!}} Autodesk|website=www.autodesk.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> Furthermore, examples of CAM software are SolidCAM<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.solidcam.com/|title=The Leaders in Integrated CAM|last=Ltd|first=SolidCAM|date=2019-07-23|website=SolidCAM CAM Software|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> and CAMWorks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://camworks.com/|title=CAMWorks {{!}} CAM Software {{!}} CNC Software for Machine Tools|website=CAMWorks {{!}} CAD CAM Soft