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One thing about this history is that it kind of light on the development of CAM, Computer Aided Manufacturing, which was co-developed along with CAD, and in som
by buildsjets 2y ago
One thing about this history is that it kind of light on the development of CAM, Computer Aided Manufacturing, which was co-developed along with CAD, and in some cases was actually a predecessor to CAD.
I recommend "A Possible First Use of CAM/CAD" by Norman Sanders as a short history of CAM in the 1950s/1960s.
https://inria.hal.science/hal-01526813 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01526813
- WillAdams 2y agoExcellent point, and interesting paper. Arguably though, CAM is a totally different subject, though as you point out, inextricably intertwined with CAD in their origin. Wasn't it a pretty straight-forward lineage of: G-code is developed, there are a couple of commercial apps which write to it, then when the EMC software is release and Mach3/LinuxCNC/Grbl become prevalent there was an explosion of different software options? Just not sure what one could say about that which would be interesting.