please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message delcam ltd industry computer aided design computer aided manufacturing founded 1965 as a team within cambridge university engineering department 1989 as delcam international headquarters birmingham england uk area served worldwide key people pete baxter vice president ed lambourne technical director kulwant singh finance director bart simpson commercial director steve hobbs development director products engineering software turnkey cells services maintenance bespoke solutions website www.delcam.com delcam is a supplier of advanced cad cam software for the manufacturing industry . 1 the company has grown steadily since being founded formally in 1977 after initial development work at cambridge university uk . 2 it is now a global developer of product design and manufacturing software with subsidiaries and joint ventures in north america south america europe and asia with a total staff of over 800 people and local support provided from over 300 re seller offices worldwide . it was listed on the london stock exchange until 6 february 2014 when it was acquired by autodesk . 3 it now operates as a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of autodesk . contents 1 history 1.1 overview 1.2 key dates 2 products 2.1 advanced manufacturing solutions 2.2 metrology solutions 2.3 artistic cadcam solutions 2.4 footwear solutions 3 awards 4 graduate programme 5 boris 6 references 7 external links history edit overview edit headquarters of delcam ltd. in birmingham in 1965 donald welbourn 4 saw the possibility of using computers to help pattern makers solve the problems of modelling difficult 3d shapes . he persuaded the science research council to support research at the cambridge university engineering department . early sponsorship was provided by ford and control data in germany whose customers included volkswagen and daimler benz . in 1974 the delta group seconded ed lambourne now technical director at delcam to the cambridge team . after lambourne returned to delta a birmingham based development centre was established in 1977 . in 1989 the company was bought from delta group in a buyout led by managing director hugh humphreys and ed lambourne . the company was renamed delcam international in 1991 and moved to a new purpose built office in small heath . in july 1997 delcam ltd was floated on the alternative investment market to expand international operations and increase the investment development . the company now have over 300 offices assisting 90 000 users worldwide with an annual turnover of over 100 million with the largest development team in the industry . 5 clive martell was chief executive from august 2009 . 6 in february 2015 pete baxter former vice president of sales and country manager for autodesk in the uk was appointed vice president . 7 key dates edit 3d model of a pump from powershape 3d model of a mould from powershape 1960s initial research at cambridge university 1970s development taken over by delta group 1980s software sales start 1989 staff purchase company 1991 new hq birmingham uk 1997 delcam floats on uk market 2001 alcami joins delcam 2005 egs featurecam joins delcam 2006 imcs partmaker joins delcam 2007 crispin joins delcam 2008 25 000th customer 2009 30 000th customer 2010 35 000th customer 2012 40 000th customer 2013 45 000th customer 2014 acquired by autodesk 2015 50 000th customer products edit advanced manufacturing solutions edit render of 3d model assembly on powershape . powershape robot scan using powerinspect . is a 3d cad computer aided design solution that runs on microsoft windows which allows for the design of 3d complex models using surfaces solids and triangles . the software allows for the import of 3d point cloud data to reverse engineer 3d models . 8 powershape is used for a variety of applications including modelling for manufacture electrode design mould and toolmaking . 9 the code of powershape originates from the duct software . powermill a cam solution for the programming of tool paths for 2 to 5 axis cnc milling computer numerical control . powerinspect a cad based inspection solution package for use with many types of inspection hardware 10 including manual and cnc cmms portable arms optical measuring devices and cnc machine tools omv . developed for use on microsoft windows the software is sold to a wide range of industries . in 2004 delcam won a queen s award 11 12 for innovation for powerinspect and by 2008 powerinspect was delcam s second biggest selling product . powermill robot interface a software package for the programming of machining robots with up to 8 axes . featurecam a feature based cam solution for milling turning and wire edm . partmaker a cam software for programming of turn mill equipment bar fed mills and swiss type lathes . delcam for solidworks a cam solution based on powermill and featurecam embedded into solidworks . delcam exchange a cad data translator for reading and writing all commonly used cad format files . delcam electrode an integrated software within powershape for automatic generation of solid electrode models for edm with optional tool path generation in powermill . metrology solutions edit 3d rendered model from powershape on machine verification a package for measurement of complex parts directly on the machine tools . artistic cadcam solutions edit artcam jewelsmith a specialist 3d design and manufacture solution for jewelers . artcam pro a complete solution for the design and manufacture of 2d artwork & 3d reliefs . artcam insignia is for production level layout and manufacture of 2d artwork & 3d reliefs . artcam express is a low cost introductory design and machining solution . footwear solutions edit ordermanager is a web based workflow management tool for tracking orders remotely . orthomodel is a software package for the design of custom orthotic insoles . orthomill is a software package for the manufacture of custom orthotic insoles . iqube scanner is a foot plaster cast and foambox scanner lastmaker is a software package for 3d last modification and 3d last grading . shoemaker is a software package for the 3d design of footwear . soleengineer is software for 3d sole unit engineering and grading . engineer pro is software for 2d pattern engineering and grading . patterncut is software for 2d pattern part nesting and cutting . knifecut is software for 2d pattern part nesting and cutting for projection cutting machines . shoecost is software for total footwear costing . techpac is a technical documentation software package awards edit 1991 queen s award for international trade 2003 queen s award for innovation awarded for artcam 2004 queen s award for innovation awarded for powerinspect 2005 queen s award for international trade 2010 queen s award for innovation awarded for dental cadcam software 13 2011 queen s award for international trade 14 2011 ringier technology innovation award for delcam for solidworks from international metalworking news 15 2012 mta manufacturing industry award for best supplier partnership for its relationship with coventry engineering group 16 2014 mwp awards 2014 best cadcam or control system 17 2014 asian manufacturing awards 2014 best cam systems provider 18 graduate programme edit delcam operates a development scheme for engineering and software graduates . the graduate programme consists of five 10 week rotations across different functions of the company . functions include professional services international support marketing artcam powerinspect and training . graduates also have the opportunity to work at delcam usa in philadelphia or salt lake city . 19 boris edit delcam s logo incorporates a computer modelled spider named boris . this was produced as an experiment to render hairs in delcam s cad software in 1984 . upon seeing a machined version at a show the managing director hugh humphreys decided to take it home and use it within the company s logo . 20 references edit delcam rated world s leading cam software specialist for 12th year . tct . 2012 08 02 . retrieved 2012 11 15 . welbourn donald . the development of computer aided design and manufacture cadcam . cambridge university engineering department . retrieved 15 april 2014 . autodesk completes acquisition of delcam . autodesk . retrieved 15 april 2014 . achievements ; delcam fact sheet pdf . retrieved 2012 10 09 . board committee . delcam website . retrieved 2015 03 08 . baxter takes delcam vice president role . prw.com . 2015 02 04 . retrieved 2015 03 07 . delcam s new powershape cad enhances direct modelling and reverse engineering . cimdata . retrieved 2012 10 29 . dean al. powershape pro 2013 . develop3d . retrieved 2012 10 25 . e4 editorial staff 2000 01 15 . model it make it and inspect it . theengineer . retrieved 2012 11 05 . delcam s demonstrates powerinspect software and receives queen s award . netcomposites . 2004 04 30 . retrieved 2012 11 05 . delcam to launch new powerinspect with free birmingham seminar . tct magazine . 2012 07 06 . retrieved 2012 11 05 . the queens awards for enterprise innovation winners list pdf . retrieved 2012 10 09 . queens award winners 2011 . retrieved 2012 10 09 . 2012 ringier technology innovation awards pdf . retrieved 2012 10 09 . stirling will . delcam npl and b tek precision take honours at mta awards 2012 . retrieved 2012 10 09 . awards mvp . mwp awards 2014 best cadcam or control system . retrieved 2015 03 16 . manufacturingasia awards . asian manufacturing awards 2014 best cam systems provider . retrieved 2015 03 16 . about delcam graduate programme boris history ; delcam website ; external links edit official delcam site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title delcam & oldid 692138212 categories computer aided manufacturing softwarecomputer aided design 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