Re: Affordable BobCAD

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Raymond Heckert" <jnr@a...> wrote:

> Fred, I think the program listing relates to the rotated surface

with the

> "bumps", seen in the dwg adjacent to the listing. That t-slotted

table (or

> a variation of it) has been part of their ads since at least 1997,

when I

> got my first copy of BobCAD.

Oct 8 1996 vec3.gif:

http://www.vectorcam.com/vec3.gif

Vector could and did produce that image. We still distribute the
file with the software.

>Even so, BobCAD would have no problem
> generating code to produce a table like that.

That's not the point. Bobcad 16 or 17 cannot produce the drawing and
it was in fact made in Vector by me in 1996. It also could not
produce the characteristic Vector "Connect at Z" toolpath shown in
that display.

> I notice you're offering
> BobCAD training videos at your site. Are you also a BobCAD dealer?
>

After nearly ten years, in 2000 we dropped the product. See above.
We still sell the videos because we feel sorry for the Bobcad
customers. heh heh.

Best Regards,

Fred Smith
IMService