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Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) refers to the software used to generate the instruction codes for a CNC machine in order for it to cut out a shape designed in a computer-aided design (CAD) system.

Sometimes the CAM software is integrated with the CAD system, but not always. Every piece of CAM software must first solve the problem of CAD data exchange where in the CAD system which is producing the data often stores it in its own proprietary format, much as is the case with word processor software. Usually it is necessary to force the CAD operator to export the data in one of the common data formats, such as IGES or STL, which can be simpler since it does not need to be edited.

The output from the CAM software is usually a simple text file of G-code, sometimes many megabytes long, that is then transferred to a machine tool using a direct numerical control (DNC) program.

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