GIBcam

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GIBcam
Basic data

developer GIB - Gesellschaft für Industrieberatung Dresden mbH
Current  version 2020
operating system Windows
category CAM , CAD
License Proprietary
German speaking Yes
www.gibcam.de

GIBcam is CAD / CAM software for the NC programming of CNC machines . The software is a product of the company GIB - Gesellschaft für Industrieberatung Dresden mbH . It has been developed and offered in Germany since 1990.

description

GIBcam is used for NC programming on the basis of 2-D and 3-D geometries or on the basis of machining features.

In the case of NC programming based on geometry data, the main focus is on milling on free-form surfaces. It is supplemented by strategies for drilling , engraving and cutting .

Feature-oriented NC programming can be used for drilling and milling. Drilling features can u. a. Deep hole bores , conventional bores, threads , fits or countersinks . As a milling feature z. B. supports pockets, punctures and slots . GIBcam uses the features created during the design process and offers the possibility of recognizing feature information from the CAD geometry, called feature recognition.

NC programs for controlling 3-axis, 4-axis (e.g. with dividing head ), 5-axis and 5-axis CNC machines can be output via a post processor . They can be optimized for HSC or HPC .

As a surface modeler, the software is equipped with functions for the construction of new 3-D CAD data. Functions for the preparation of the geometry (e.g. mold separation, electrode generation ) and free-form surface modeling as well as the feature data are included in the software.

Areas of application

In addition to the main application areas of tool making , mold making and model making , the software is used in other industries, e.g. B. used in fixture construction , mechanical engineering , automobile construction or in aircraft construction for the manufacture of impellers , inductors or blades. It is used for ultrasound-assisted milling and laser deposition welding .

history

The software was marketed as GIBcam for MS-DOS until 1998 . Parallel to GIBcam there was a version for Microsoft Windows NT from 1997 in combination with CAD components . It was launched as GIB CAD & CAM for Windows NT. The subsequent versions were GIBcam or GIB CAD & CAM Version 2 and Version 2.1. In 2006 the counting of the versions was changed. Both variants were merged again under the name GIBcam. The version names are based on the year. The manufacturer currently offers the GIBcam software in various configurations. GIBcam refers to the complete software package. There is also, for example, GIBcam-DRILL (for NC programming of drilling and deep hole drilling based on feature elements) or GIBcam-25AX (for 2.5D NC programming of drilling and milling).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lots of news in the east In: VDWF aktuell No. 02, 2003, p. 28 f.
  2. ↑ Ines López, Frank Adam u. a .: Realization of control-internal CAM functions on user-oriented software. In: TU Dresden (Hrsg.): Workshop-appropriate user support for free-form surface processing , 1996, p. 47 f.
  3. ↑ Reinhard Stoeck: Use of CAM for deep drilling from the calculation to the finished product. In: VDI-Gesellschaft Produktionstechnik (ed.): VDI report no. 1897 , VDI Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf 2006, pp. 236–250.
  4. ↑ Peter Flehmig, Frank Adam: CAM strategies for milling with HEXAPOD machines In: Neugebauer (Ed.): Working accuracy of parallel kinematics . , Verlag Wissenschaftliche Scripten, Zwickau 2000, pp. 457-470.
  5. ↑ Milling ceramics? In: FORM + Werkzeug No. 5, 2004, p. 60
  6. ↑ Steffen Nowotny (Ed.): Laser precision deposition welding with centric material feed. , Fraunhofer Verlag, Dresden 2009, pp. 43–51.