West Manufacturing News • February 2025 • BobCAD-CAM Commits to Manufacturing Data Exchange Specification

ModuleWorks announced that Bob- CAD-CAM is adopting the Manufacturing Data Exchange Specification (MDES). In committing to MDES, BobCAD-CAM joins a growing coalition of companies using MDES to simplify data exchange across the manufacturing industry.

“BobCAD-CAM has made its mark as an easy-to-use CAD-CAM system, giving individuals and machine shops affordable access to professional milling and turning,” said a company spokesperson. “Adopting MDES complements the BobCAD-CAM philosophy, making it easier for users to share manufacturing data with other MDES-compatible systems, including software solutions, machine tools and robots.”

“There are lots of different manufacturing systems, and our users need to be able to transfer precise machining data to each of them. This not only complicates their data workflows, but also increases our software development costs because we need to maintain interfaces to each system,” said Alexander Cole, VP, Research & Development at BobCAD-CAM. “This is why we are offering MDES in our upcoming software release. MDES aligns perfectly with our philosophy of open, easy-to-use software by providing a common platform for sharing data between any system without the need for custom bridges. Our users benefit from simplified workflows and we significantly reduce our development costs. It is a winwin situation.”

BobCAD-CAM joins companies such as Autodesk, CHIRON Group, Cimsource, DN Solutions, SolidCAM and PTC among others who are implementing the open MDES standard to reduce development overheads and streamline data exchange between different platforms and solutions. The aim is to create an evolving ecosystem that enables companies to simplify manufacturing dataflows and foster an environment of interoperability and collaboration across the industry.

“We introduced MDES to address the need for more accurate, consistent and secure data exchanges in the manufacturing industry,” explained Dr. Yavuz Murtezaoglu, founder and Managing Director of ModuleWorks. “It is great to see BobCAD-CAM joining the growing MDES community.”