Re: Which CAD/CAM Package

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "ballendo <ballendo@y...>"
<ballendo@y...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We know more now but still there's a coupla, IMO, pretty important
> things left to know before recommending a pkg...
>
> What do you intend to make with your 3 axis mill?
>
> If it's going to be engine parts, then that's different from 3d

molds

> or sculpture. Will text be integral to what you're doing? (A lot

of

> engraving, or as an added part of something else you're making?)Is
> this mostly gonna be 2-1/2 D work, or fully modelled 3d forms?
>
> And next, How do you think? And work?
>
> Because rhino/visualmill and the other solid modelling ilk is a

whole

> lot different than traditional "drafting" packages...

Rhino might not be a traditional drafting package but it isn't
strictly a solid modeler either. It can be used as a 2d drafting
program or as a surfaces/solids modeler. You don't get a slew of
drawing border sheets and all that, but it does have dimensioning
and such.

>
> Would you rather create the whole "model" of the project, and
> then "pull" 2d drawings from it? Or do you prefer to work a part

at a

> time? Are you interested in having drawings at all? (means on

paper,

> that you carry around) Or is it enough to have your project "live"

in

> the digital realm?

You can pull 2D drawings from 3D models in Rhino, if that helps.

If you are going to look at Vector for your CAM I'd do that first as
it has CAD as well as CAM. I bought Rhino at v1 several years ago so
that's what I use. I'd get Vector but I just bought a machine and
can't afford both.

Enjoy,
Monte