Re: A good 4 axis cam sotware?

Message: 21
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 19:42:46 -0700
From: "Bob Campbell" <bob@...>
Subject: RE: A good 4 axis cam sotware?

Rams is $999.00

[Although I sell it (for a little less), I wouldn't claim it really supports
the fourth axis. You can do 4th axis indexing with it, though. For 4th axis
motion, you would have to buy the Gold version, which, as Tim points out,
costs more. In addition to |Rams and Vector, the original poster of this
question should also consider DeskProto 3. It works well for importing
complex DXF 3dFace and STL files and constructing toolpaths from them that
run 3 axes at time: X, Z, and A (a rotary axis parallel to X) while Y is
fixed at the zero-position. Fortunately, all these programs offer free
trials of working versions, so he or she can try each and decide which works
for his or her particular projects.]

Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Goldstein [mailto:timg@...]
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 3:52 PM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] A good 4 axis cam sotware?


Ouch, $3K for the 4 axis edition. You may want to consider Vector with
the Plus (4 axis option) and the NURBS option. With list discounts and
such It would likely be about half of the 4 axes Gold edition of Rams
for Vector and the 2 premium add ons. I will say that the Rams website
is nicer, but give Fred a call if you can not figure out the Vector
options from his site.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----

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> You may want to take a look at www.rams3d.com .
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> Bob Campbell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: celestialperceptions [mailto:terra007@...]
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 3:08 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] A good 4 axis cam sotware?
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> What is a good 4 axis cam software for machine path that can
> use dfx or other 3d files. what is the very best, and also
> what is the best budget minded software in this catagory.
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