Rhinoceros + BobCAM + RoboDK – The affordable, easy-to-use (and interactive) trio for production

Joining forces, the software manufacturers RoboDK and BobCAD-CAM Inc. developed a new plugin for coupling CAM and robot offline programming. It combines BobCAM für Rhino’s highly efficient machining functions with the innovative offline robot programming capabilities of RoboDK. Thus ensuring a seamless generation of robotic machining paths directly from the BobCAM für Rhino interface.

By allowing a more accessible and adaptive use of robot applications in manufacturing, the plugin ushers in a new era of flexible processing.

Rhinoceros constitutes the quasi-standard for affordable 3D-modelling at the highest stage. Rhinoceros can generate, process, analyze, document, render, animate and transmit NURBS curves, surfaces and volume as well as SubD geometry, point clouds and polygon mesh. Actual limitations are only constrained by hardware. Beyond that, there is no limit to Rhinoceros’s complexity, rate or size.

Equipped with state-of-the-art CAM-power, BobCAM for Rhinoceros offers first-rate tool paths for 2 1/2, 3, 4 and 5 axis processing. An easy to use interface assists in generating efficient tool paths and allows for faster production. Here BobCAM offers an extraordinary budget-friendly price-performance ratio.

RoboDK is a universal offline programming system for robotic applications. It already offers a variety of interfaces and more than 600 supported types of robots by over 50 manufacturers.

The new RoboDK Plugin plugin is available in: English, German, French, Italian and Czech. It can be downloaded from the respective BobCAM product websites.

Installation and operation tutorials can be found on the website: https://www.bobcad-europe.com

Since 1985, BobCAD-CAM has been developing easy-to-use and affordable CAD-CAM software – CNC programming solutions for milling, turning, turn-mill-, water-jet-, plasma-, and laser-cutting as well as wire EDM. BobCAD-CAM integrates CAD and CAM functions in a single interface, allowing a smooth transition from design to tools path programming, simulation and G-code processing. No matter their personal experience, from aerospace engineer to DIY enthusiasts – BobCAD-CAM can help any user design and manufacture precision parts.

Founded in 2015 by Albert Nubiola, RoboDK is a spin-off company of ETS University’s CoRo lab in Montreal – one of the most prestigious robotics labs in Canada. Having initially supported 200 robots from more than 20 robot manufacturers, RoboDK has grown rapidly into offering an extensive library of over 600 robotic arms from 50 robot manufacturers. With more than 50 partners around the world and thousands of active users, it is now used by companies of all sizes, from startups to the world’s largest corporations.