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OttoCAM: automatic 2.5D CAM for indie makers. CAM isn’t AI, magic, hard, or complicated. It’s otto.
Take the headache out of CAM.
The easiest CAM for indie makers.
For Mac and PC
What it does
Automatic 2.5D CAM, from STEP file to G-code in one click.
STEP-based CAM
The only easy-to-use CAM with first-class support for STEP files.
Adaptive clearing
Constant-engagement toolpaths clear pockets fast.
Auto-magical
Features are recognized, toolpaths are created, and the results are validated.
Material & tool library
Reusable material and cutter presets carry the right feeds and speeds into every job.
See it run
From part to program in one pass.
Feature set
The easiest, most powerful CAM for makers.
Desktop app
- Free while in beta, and no subscription ever
- Windows and macOS
Core CAM
- Automated CAM — load a STEP file and OttoCAM finds the features and picks the operations
- Facing and surfacing of raw stock
- Outside profile cutting, with optional holding tabs
- Pocketing by concentric clearing, on any boundary shape: slots, stadiums, stepped and islanded pockets
- Holes by peck drilling and helical boring, including counterbores and countersunk openings
- V-bit chamfering
- Multi-tool jobs with automatic rest machining and per-operation tool assignment
Layout and setup
- Grid and sheet nesting, with a shared-line tool-spacing raft
- Workholding holes — manual, auto-placed, or snapped to a machine bed grid
- Machine profiles, macros, and post options
- Supports multi-solid STEP files
Coming soon
In development- Waterline roughing and contouring — sloped-wall and 3D pocket clearing for drafts, cones, bowls, and sloped tops
- 2.5D and 3D adaptive clearing
- Narrow-slot clearing, a dedicated micro-slotting strategy
- A built-in G-code sender and machine control
- SVG artwork machining — assign engrave, pocket, inside or outside cut, and drill to vector elements
- V-carving
- SVG extruded-solid import, and STL import
- Manual mode — a hands-on setup and control workflow
- Stock from STEP, and stock flattening