CamBam is an application to create CAM files (gcode) from CAD source files or its own internal geometry editor. CamBam has many users worldwide, from CNC hobbyists to professional machinists and engineers.

Although in Beta development stage, CamBam currently supports the following:

• Reading from and writing to 2D DXF files.
• 2.5D profiling machine operations with auto-tab support
• 2.5D pocketing operations with auto island detection
• Drilling (Normal,Peck,Spiral Milling and Custom Scripts)
• Engraving
• True Type Font (TTF) text manipulation and outline (glyph) extraction.
• Conversion of bitmaps to heightmaps
• 3D geometry import from STL, 3DS and RAW files
• 3D surfacing operations
• Extendable through user written plugins and scripts

CamBam is supplied as a completely free and fully functional version and CamBam Plus which is a commercial version with extra features and functionality.

Released 12 June 2009 build 0.9.3450.17151 Rev E (deadly donkey)

Download CamBamPlus-beta0.9.6e MSI Installer (5.60 MB)

New 3D profile machining operation.

The new 3D profile operation supports the following features.

• Waterline roughing and finishing methods.
• Z scanning roughing and finishing methods (similar to Bas Relief).
• Front face and back face machining
• Generation of molds
• Restriction of machining boundary to save machining time.
• Experimental additive support for extrusion heads.

We are in the process of moving to a new web server.

 http://www.cambam.info/

This is still work in progress, but you may like to check out a preview of the new server as it contains some new content, not available on the main site.

Including :

The very latest CamBam plus user documentation

and 

New! Video Tutorials section.

Thank you for your patience while we get these new pages up and running!

CamBam team

Released 29 August 2007 build 2797.19897

Download MSI Installer (674KB)

Many thanks to...
All the CamBam death wish beta release testers and all the members of the CamBam forum.