Pathtrace operates in North America as Pathtrace Systems Inc., Southfield, Mich.

The recently launched Granite is the platform that provides the base for the unmatched geometry, feature and data exchange capabilities at the core of Pro/ENGINEER®, PTC's market leading mechanical computer-aided design software. One of the key advantages of solutions built on Granite is the ability to operate associatively providing updates to other Granite based downstream applications, such as EdgeCAM, based on any changes in the original solid model.

"In just six weeks we achieved the desired results from the integration of Granite with EdgeCAM. We then focused on the opportunity to become the first CAM vendor to announce availability of a solution enabled with Granite interoperability," said David Boucher, director research & development, Pathtrace.

EdgeCAM will provide both OEM and subcontract users with an integrated solution to leverage native files from multiple CAD authoring systems, including Pro/ENGINEER. This will allow the direct machining of solid models, without the need for translators.

Said Brian Steatham, managing director of Pathtrace: "EdgeCAM is well respected for its strong production engineering base and its ease of use. Many of our customers already have Pro/ENGINEER and along with the capability of EdgeCAM, full associativity with their solid models will be a major advantage. In addition, for those currently not using a CAM system, the level of interoperability offered by Granite will greatly enhance the benefits of EdgeCAM."

Jim Heppelmann, PTC's chief technology officer and executive vice president, software products, added, "Our Pro/ENGINEER customers are looking for a best of breed solution for their CAD/CAM/CAE requirements. By partnering with other leading product design and development software vendors such as Pathtrace to deliver an end to end solution we provide our customers with the opportunity to focus their attention on producing more innovative products, instead of how their software products will interact."

"Pathtrace is proud to work with a company such as PTC which has one of the largest user bases of solid modellers," said Steatham. "Manufacturing customers look for proven products. Also, the commitment by both parties to develop the technology to maintain and build on these world-class products is vital. In EdgeCAM, this will include ever-higher degrees of process automation and advanced feature recognition."

"EdgeCAM Solid Machinist for Granite is an important step forward in lowering the barriers between CAD and CAM," Steatham added.

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