Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CADCAM software

First Time poster..

I to am looking at various software possibilites. I currently design in
SolidWorks and would like the cap. to do some composite molds and bucks. I'd
like to start w/ a full 3 axis [gantry] set up and then move up to at least
a 5 axis unit in the future once I have a handle on the 3 axis. I'm
wondering if anyone has experiance w/ a window's [ DOS is beyond me ...]
based CAM software package which will import my files and creat code? I'm
thinking that if I'm going to move to 5 axis code I might as well spend the
money now to get to that level, learn 1 program and be done w/ it. Instead
of purchasing a $700 program now getting comfortable and then having to
spend the full amount anyway and have to re-learn later...I've been pointed
to FeatureCam and wondering if others have used it or..?

Jarrett Johnson

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From: <fortyfingers@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:24 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CADCAM software


> Please indulge me if I am not spot on topic with this post. I have been
> following this group for 4 months and have learned a great deal.
> Do any of you have recommendations for intuitive, affordable(under $1000),
> tech supported CadCam software. I have been using BobCAD since April of
> this
> year and find it to be very much a love/hate relationship. The 2 1/2 D is
> satisfactory for my needs in cutting out chair profiles from baltic birch
> plywood
> but the transition to simple 3D (I am attempting to carve elliptical
> wooden
> bowls) seems to become a hate/hate relation. The training manuals and CDs
> never
> seem to give a rationale for how the software can be made to perform to
> potential. Often times by meticulously following an example my results are
> different. Support on demand has been Support at their convenience,
> Have I spent
> $625 unwisely, Should I give it more time? Are there alternatives? If I
> choose,
> what is a good way to get a refund, I paid by platinum Credit card. On
> one
> hand I constantly still experience the GEEWHIZ thrill
> but this is ALWAYS followed by 'There has got to be a better way"
> Meanwhile, I am faced with several commitments I need to follow through
> on. TurboCad
> 9.1 and Mach 2 can probably make the bridge until a better CADCAM system
> is
> found. Those two I have come to love, even with their limitations
>
> Thank you, If any one can offer suggestions I will feel the oblication to
> return the favor.
>
> Sam Gregerson
> fortyfingers@...
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