CAM That Grows With Your Shop
The SOLIDWORKS manufacturing roles run one part, one platform, from a role that may already be in your subscription up to full mill-turn with robots. Aerospace-grade CAM at job-shop prices, set up by a reseller that runs CNC.
Four Things Most CAM Pitches Skip
The engine, the workflow, the data, and who sets it up. This is where the SOLIDWORKS manufacturing roles and Morphos are actually different.
The engine started as CATIA CAM in 1984 for aircraft work. You get the same lineage of toolpaths for a few hundred dollars a year, not a $40,000 seat. Specialty routines built for aerospace ship in the top tier.
Program instructions live in the operation tree, feature recognition asks instead of guessing, and full machine simulation runs at every tier, even the entry one. You see what the machine will do before it does it.
Part, stock, tools, machine, G-code, and setup sheet are one revisioned package. Swap a revision and the toolpaths update, or roll it back, with no zip file called Rev A that only one person can find.
Most resellers sell CAD and hand you off on the hard CAM. Morphos runs CNC, programs Swiss and mill-turn on its own floor, and builds the know-how templates your programmers actually reuse.
Start Where You Are, Grow Without Switching Tools
Every role sits on one platform. Turn on a higher tier when the work demands it, and it goes live inside a day. Advanced-tier pricing is quote-based, so book a needs analysis for real numbers.
- 2.5- and 3-axis milling, 3+2 indexing
- Laser, waterjet, plasma, nesting, wire EDM
- Machine simulation built in
- No CAD seat needed on the floor
- Simultaneous 4- and 5-axis
- 3-to-5 toolpath converter
- Mold and die surfacing
- High-speed machining
- Multi-spindle, multi-turret
- Live tooling and mill-turn
- Swiss-type with sync managers
- Prismatic and simultaneous
- Full multi-axis mill-turn
- Machining with robots
- Machine-tending programming
- Aerospace specialty routines
Losing HSMWorks in 2028?
HSMWorks retires March 25, 2028. Most HSMWorks shops ran milling and turning with little simultaneous 5-axis, so the common landing spots are NC Shop Floor Programmer for the milling and Turning Professional for the lathe work. See the full alternatives breakdown and the end-of-life timeline, then book a needs analysis to map your shop.
Picking the Right CAM Role
Which SOLIDWORKS CAM role does my shop need?
Start with NC Shop Floor Programmer for milling, 3+2 indexing, and fabrication cutting; it is often already included with a SOLIDWORKS subscription that carries cloud services. Add Milling Professional for simultaneous 4- and 5-axis and mold and die, Turning Professional for lathe, live tooling, mill-turn, and Swiss, and Mill-Turn Premium for the full range including machining with robots. They all sit on one platform, so you turn on a higher role as the work demands it.
Is this the same as SOLIDWORKS CAM (CAMWorks)?
No. SOLIDWORKS CAM is the foundational CAM that comes with the software for basic pockets, bosses, and holes. The Advanced Manufacturing Roles here run on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and reach into simultaneous multi-axis, Swiss, mill-turn, machining with robots, and full revision control. Many shops use both.
I am losing HSMWorks. Where do I land?
Most HSMWorks shops ran milling and turning with little simultaneous 5-axis, so the common landing spots are NC Shop Floor Programmer for the milling and Turning Professional for the lathe work, both on the SOLIDWORKS side. Because CAM toolpaths do not transfer between systems, you re-program either way, so the honest question is which home fits your shop for the next five years. A short needs analysis maps you to the right role.