FastCAM

FastCAM is a provider of affordable heavy engineering software for Plasma, Oxy, Laser and Water jet machines - Cut Smarter, Quote Faster. The job it does: building software for you when nothing off the shelf fits.

The natural audience is companies with a specific process to automate. Alongside the main category they mention 3D Technology and Laser. They are a small team, 11 to 50 people, which usually shapes who they work with. You will probably talk to the people who build it, which is great until you need 24/7 support.

FastCAM is based in Chicago, Illinois. Their site is fastcam.com.

Before you commit, look at portfolio relevance, who owns the code, and how they handle changes. Ask for a trial on your own data, not a canned demo.

If you have worked with FastCAM, tell the next buyer what you paid and what surprised you. That is the part of this page we cannot write.