Re: CAM software

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Jeffrey Gough"
<jeffreygough@l...> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm new to this board, and home CNC in general. I am attempting to
>build a small mill capable of producing PCBs and such. I have some
>reasonable ideas for the mechanics and electronics but the software
>end remains a mystery to me. i have heard good things about EMC, a
>piece of software for driving CAM equipment

Welcome Jeffrey. Your not looking for CAM software, but rather
controller software. This is the program that follows instructions
called a CNC program (g-code usually) and causes a CNC machine to
move. A CAM program is the one that creates the CNC program from a
CAD drawing.

Here is a list of many of the most popular controller programs:

http://www.imsrv.com/controllers

Missing from the list is DeskCNC, (which I sell), because it is still
in beta.

When you are ready to create a program to move your machine, you
might be interested in trying out DeskPCB, which creates G-code or
DXF files from Gerber and Excellon files.

DeskCNC controller software also has this capability included, but is
$300 vs only $95 for DeskPCB.

Best Regards, Fred Smith- IMService

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