Re: [BobCAD documentation

Now THIS is the kind of info we all need! I've got the BobCAD Demo and
haven't had a chance to even look at it yet. But your info regarding poor
documentation, high cost for manuals, and having to pay extra for lincencing
you don't need (I too, am a one man op.) definitely turns me off!

That's a good idea abouot the ball screw....provided you can disconnect the
lead screw when running CNC.

>I have BobCAD V17 and the documentation is terrible (also the "movies"

don't

>work for me). It took me hours and hours to figure out that the dashed
>lines shown in the pocketing example actually meant something to BobCAD! I
>also have trouble getting the correct contour identified (especially with
>lots of lines in the area) and it wasn't until I called tech support that
>they told me that right-click could be used to end a contour. They now

have

>"training materials" available for $195 that includes an extra license
>"seat". That's a steep price to pay for documentation you should have
>gotten in the first place and I can't use the extra license because I'm a
>one man operation. They said that if I ordered the manuals to check them
>out I couldn't return them and they couldn't lower the price by removing

the

>extra license .....


>>I was thinking of maybe adding a ball screw at the rear of the lathe

saddle

>and mounting the nut in a carrier that could be locked to the saddle when I
>wanted CNC mode and unlocked for manual mode.