Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CAD/CAM questions

southstar66067 wrote:

>Hi,
>I'm new to this group and also new to CNC & CAD/CAM. I just got a
>Bridgeport EZTRAK 3 axis mill and I'm looking at CAD/CAM software. I
>was looking at CAPSmill, Bobcad & FeatureMill when I came across this
>group. I did a search and have read a lot of the posts here about
>software and see that Dolphin and Vector are the favorites at this
>group.
>I'm just using the machine for a hobby so Featuremill is out of my
>price range. I was leaning towards the Bobcad because of their 4 cd
>training package and my inexperience. How is the training for
>Dolphin and Vector?
>Are there truly a lot of differences between the software's when you
>are a hobbyist? On one of the posts someone mentioned a problem with
>random movement of the Z-axis with Bobcad and that Vector was a
>similar design.
>

I have Ver. 16.1 of Bobcad/cam. I don't use it for movement of the
machine, but just the
conversion of CAD to RS-274D (alias G-code) to control my CNC program.
I have not seen
this problem with my use.

If you are not doing complicated 3-D surfaces, You may not need anything
but the EzTrak.
It can take the sequence of operations in conversational mode, and you
don't use a CAD or
CAM package. That is how our shop at work uses it.

Jon