hi gazt
have used camworks within solidworks as a bolt on
used it in plastic injection moulding design and manufacture
all cores cavitys and electrode manufacture was done with camworks got good support from mcl who i believe do not sell
anymore,it uses feature reconition and lays out the toolpath
features ready to put toolpaths on all in all i found it good
if not pricey
I do the same now but i use onecnc which is not pricey with
same results if not better (this is a personal view)
hope this helps
best regards
peter