The CAD/CAM industry is currently navigating a pivotal transition as artificial intelligence moves from theoretical marketing to practical shop-floor applications. Major software providers are consolidating their power through subscription-based models and cloud ecosystems, yet small manufacturers are finding new ways to maintain operational autonomy via open-source tools and custom scripting.

Every dimension you've ever recorded is an estimate, not a fact. And the tools we trust to verify our work? They carry their own secrets, biases, and hard limitations that most machinists never think about. We're pulling back the curtain on metrology's uncomfortable truth: we can never know the “true” dimension of anything.

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