The company became a SolidWorks Gold Partner with the release of the BobCAM for SolidWorks CAM add-on for SolidWorks users to be able to program their parts right inside of their design product, saving them time and increasing the workflow efficiency for SolidWorks customers.
BOBCAD CAM CNC PREDATOR EDITOR SOFTWARE SOFTWARE
Between 20 BobCAD-CAM software technology has taken the largest strides in its company history in the development and implementation of CNC machining technology. This led to the release of the Version 22 CAD/CAM software, the addition of Lathe, Nesting & Sheet Optimizing and a joint venture with Predator software to offer high level editing and simulation to his customers. In 2007 with the organizational structure of BobCAD-CAM in excellent shape Twaalfhoven began primarily focusing on the development of his CAD/CAM software and rebuilding the product from the ground up. The San Jose location was closed due to expansion of the Florida office one office was now capable of servicing the global markets easily. In early 2002 the most significant developments to the software were made by adding Design Surface & Solid Modeling technology, releasing the first Artistic CNC software add-on as well as introducing the first ever training video products for customers to learn CAD/CAM from the comfort of their office.
This proved to be a wise development move as machining STL models became more popular in the CAD/CAM field. The software was continually developed throughout the 1990s, adding 2.5 axis milling toolpath features, 3 Axis Planar machine toolpath capabilities for solid models and CNC lathe programming capabilities. In the early 1990s, BobCAD-CAM expanded to the East Coast where the company's second office opened in Clearwater, Florida. Twaalfhoven opened his first office in San Jose, California in order to service the local manufacturing market. He sold to manufacturing shops that wanted to automate their programming process but could not afford the massive price tag that accompanied traditional CAD/CAM Software in the mid-1980s. Twaalfhoven originally sold his BobCAD-CAM software from the trunk of his car. Before then, CAD/CAM software was not generally accessible to the masses. Twaalfhoven created the software as a means of bringing CAD/CAM technology to the personal computer. BobCAD-CAM was created by Bob Twaalfhoven, who graduate from MIT in 1978 with an engineering degree.