Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC Retrofit of Smithy 1324 CNC

Ted, Welcome aboard. If you can find my post dated 2-20-02, at 8:59 PM, I
posted info as to where you can get BobCAD V17 (with FREE upgrade to V18)
for only $396.00 + s/h. BobCAD is really CAD/CAM in one package, and the
CAD part is fairly respectable. Also, V18 is reputed to handle 5-axis work.

Raymond Heckert
----------

> From: tmylen <ted@...>

> My first question is: What is the best CNC software for a home
> hobbyist that can output DXP to the Flashcut system? I have looked
> at BobCad, Deskproto, and SurfCam. BobCad has a very attractive
> price range and the version 17 can do 3D. I looked at the "G" code
> syntax and it looks pretty straight-forward.

> My second question is: What is an affordable CAD program that can
> interface with the low end CAM programs above? I haven't looked at
> any in this regard.
> Ted
>
> ted@...