(Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has unveiled an automated computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming tool, ProPlanAI, that cuts the time taken to program factory machine tools by 75%. Powered by Microsoft Azure services built into Hexagon’s cloud-based Nexus connectivity and collaboration platform for discrete manufacturers, the new artificial intelligence technology is the next step in the evolution of CAM programming and enables machine shops to achieve operational excellence at scale.

ProPlanAI was unveiled last month at the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Chicago. Hexagon’s AI application applies Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Databricks to help manufacturing businesses of any size apply their institutional knowledge more quickly, easily, and thoroughly by using AI to automate time-consuming process planning.

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