# Cimatron Reviews **Vendor:** 3D Systems **Category:** [Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/computer-aided-manufacturing-cam) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 14 ## About Cimatron Cimatron's CAD/CAM solutions address the entire tool making process from quoting to design, applying engineering changes and NC programming. Cimatron delivers major advantages for mold, die and manufacturing shops keeping you more competitive across your entire range of operations ## Cimatron Reviews ### 1. Great NC and CAD tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yaki N. | CNC + 3D Printing Programmer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 25, 2021 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** The integration with the 3DSYSTEMS other products and the perfect support **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** That you don’t have as many modeling tools as the main competitor have **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** Very fast NC environment for multiple setups a day ### 2. Flexible but has Steep Learning Curve **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alican K. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2020 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** Cimatron is a great program for surface modeling used in the automotive industry, also good in the CAM events. cimatron has good aspects and bad possibilities I got 6 months of training, but there is a difference in design, there are more commands compared to other programs. very good program, tool paths are very nice and easy to design. **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** There is not much aesthetics in mold design compared to model solid, but the mold has the feature that can break out in solid mold. This design can be created in an easy way when the design is hardly created. **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** If you are in a tight budget and have little time, you may consider other options since Cimatron has a steep learning curve and it can be out of your habits **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** mold release, design, NC, modeling of the molded part, and sheet molding. ### 3. designing in 2D and 3D **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** luis m. | engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** Perfect program for 2D and 3D modeling. Its use of tools is very advanced and quite peculiar and above all very easy to use, all its functions are perfectly designed, it is installed very easily and it is compatible with all types of operating system, due to its great complexity to use it gives us professional results in record time allowing thus having a better performance in all your projects **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** of this program I do not have to limit anything negative since it meets all the expectations and covers all the needs that I need to cover in my work performance **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** It is advisable to use all of its tools as they are easy to use, it allows us to manipulate all kinds of imported files or to design all kinds of pieces with ease, cimatron has integrated tools that allow us to separate the geometry of each piece we are designing **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helped me to speed up my performance in all the projects to be carried out, since with its tools so complete and easy to use it helps to have very good results and above all professionals ### 4. Mouse Killer **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Furkan . | SALES ENGINEER, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** You can draw, punch, mill.. you can do whatever you want. It is commonly using by companies. You can find many of guides on internet and special courses. You have many options to learn also program is getting better and better. They're developing themselves well. **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** Like in title, your mouse gonna be die soon. You can use this program with only mouse ( I mean with mouse combos!) If you have more button to click in your mouse, you can use this program better :) But you gonna be ill from your finger bones. Program is not so easy to use. That tires people a lot. **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** Program is good but not easy to use. You need to click every button in your mouse same time (sometimes). But you can do lots of thing in one program so you don't need more than one program to do what you want. **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** Making designs and draw 3D Models. ### 5. 3d modeling **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ramon S. | Technical, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** Perfect program for 3D modeling in the industry. its use of tools is very advanced and quite peculiar, all its functions are perfectly designed, it is to install. With cimatron 3D, you can save time with repetitive tasks, and many more features that will surprise you **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** In spite of the fact that Cimatron is a slightly unusual or little known program, it is a program that requires knowledge in the area of ​​3D modeling. It's a little complex for people who start at Cimatron **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** Before using Cimatron 3D, it is necessary to have knowledge about this program, since it is a very complex software and it is not easy to use, you must have asespria, or look for the manual to take full advantage of its functionality **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** He helped me in the modeling of some projects. streamlining the process. ### 6. Lovely partner for 3d Printer **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yavuz Fatih . | Sales Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 02, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** 3d Rendering. I have Prusa i3 model 3d Printer. I'm finding draws on internet and rendering in this program. Also it has capability to draw it but I prefer to print much detailed models and toys which I can't draw so I'm using Cimatron to do it. **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** I need to click so many times. There are so many mouse shortcuts and I prefer to click from menu bar as possible as I can. There isn't any problem except this. It's not a big deal anyway. You're getting used to it. **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** If you have 3d printer it's a very good solution to work with Cimatron. Before I sold my printer I was using cimatron and if I have 3d printer back I'll use it again. **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** Rendering 3d parts for 3d printer. ### 7. Good product **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Writing and Editing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** It is the perfect program for 3D modeling. The use of tools is very advanced but it is manageable to use and all its functions are perfectly designed to help you with your 3D modeling. I like that Cimatron is not that expensive, and that you could buy it without hurting your budget if you wanted too. Cimatron makes doing 3D modeling a breeze. **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** First-time users may have difficulties adapting to Cimatron, so I think working on having a tutorial to help the first-time users would be great, because if you are not already using programs for making 3D models then Cimatron will be very hard on you. Cimatron is not a very known program, and it is a program that requires knowledge in the area of ​​3D modeling. So please as I stated, work on making a tutorial guide for the first-time users, because I know how hard it can be if you don't know what you really are doing when working with 3D modeling programs. **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** Okay, so before you use Cimatron, you should know that it is mainly for the area use of 3D modeling. So it is necessary to have knowledge about 3D modeling programs and how to work with Cimatron before you use this program. It is fairly inexpensive, and you can buy it without hurting your budget. **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am not really solving problems with Cimatron because I don't use it a whole lot, nor do I really need to use it, but it is a great program. The benefits for Cimatron are really great. You can do all things that you need to with CImatron that involve 3D modeling. The reason I do not really need it is because I am more of a blogger, and I love helping people find new programs, so I find and use new programs to me and tell peoplle about it in my blogs. ### 8. Nice and Soft **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kübra . | Kubra Ozgun, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** You don't have another 3d drawing or modeling program if you decided to use Cimatron. So easy to use. Toolbar also great. You can see the most of the things commonly using. You can find so many guides online. **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** Drawing a part is a little bit complicating. There could be another menu on the left when we enter distance. About CAM Part. It's quite oldfashioned. Could be better. **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** You can use it. It's simple and so easy to learn. It's not expensive. You could buy, don't hesitate. **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** Heard it from our teacher at the University. Just try to see if we can replace with SolidWorks and SolidCAM ### 9. Nice experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Muge S. | Mechanical Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 09, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** All in one solution impressed me. Because I was using Solid programs to draw, model and process. But with this program I am doing everything in same screen. So many tutorials on internet and helped me a lot. **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** I was happy while I was using it. Nothing I could remember for example of bad experience. **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** You will find everything in one program. Their interface also helps you to learn easily. There are so many tutorials online. You can try it. **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tried to find an alternate for Solid programs while I was intern. ### 10. Great One **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alican K. | Mobile Application Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** I love Cimatron. I am using it for 3d rendering. It has great performance. Does what I need. **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** UIwise it could be more appealing. First-time users may have some difficulties to adapt. Still not a big deal though. Anyone can use the product. **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Cimatron for many problems including part and tool designing to axis machining, varying 3d printer works ### 11. Great company **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Hardware | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** I like the program. It’s easy to use. You can do a lot with it. I sold my printer and I’ve been using cimatron since. A lot of guidelines available too **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** I wish they would update it More often. If you’re new you might have problems at first but again there are guidelines available online **Recommendations to others considering Cimatron:** If you need help, there are guidelines. Also customer service can help. It kinda hard to work with at first **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** Alternative for solid works ### 12. Good Product **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Selin S. | Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** Cimatron has decent performance, consider it as an eco version of SolidCAM **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** Nothing to dislike but software UI can improve. **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used Cimatron at Medek for medical device modelling. Detailing is good. ### 13. This Service Gave Me A Great Quote! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** Cimatron delivered to me major advantages for mold, die and manufacturing for my product! **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** Nothing as I just asked for a quote for my company! **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** I’m trying to make my 3D product better than my competitor! ### 14. Great CAM tool ! **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 14, 2019 **What do you like best about Cimatron?** Very user friendly - It has an excellent GUI **What do you dislike about Cimatron?** Can be a bit difficult to learn at the start ! **What problems is Cimatron solving and how is that benefiting you?** Designing of car parts ## Cimatron Discussions - [What is Cimatron used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-cimatron-used-for) - [View Cimatron pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/cimatron/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+07%3A20%3A07+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=2a5555b2-9c57-4cf4-a22d-516372ae7006&secure%5Btoken%5D=1bdc541d7c42a1951297ba51f6e409107f3f6e41c38fe0b92f23d571d049448a&format=llm_user) ## Cimatron Features **CAD to CAM** - CAD-CAM Import - CAM Data Exchange - CAD/CAM Compatibility **Design** - Drawing - Modeling - Visualize - Rendering **CNC Programming** - CNC Workflows - CNC Feature Recognition - Programming Control **Edit** - File Import - Push/Pull - Views - Grips **Collaboration** - Annotate - Documentation - Data Extract **Machining** - Job Set-up - Operations - Tooling and Toolpaths ## Top Cimatron Alternatives - [Autodesk Fusion](https://www.g2.com/products/autodesk-fusion/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (507 reviews) - [NX CAM](https://www.g2.com/products/nx-cam/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (267 reviews) - [SOLIDWORKS](https://www.g2.com/products/solidworks/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (628 reviews)