Re: CADCAM software

Roughly, How much a copy of MaserCam cost?

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> I too am a former TurboCAD v8 user.
>
> Have a look at Alibre http://www.alibre.com/ you can download a

free

> demo.
> Also, I just got a call from the TurboCAD people the other day

offering

> an upgrade to the current version (11?) for $199.
> Have a look at Blender http://www.blender.org (free, but not

cheap,

> i.e. it's good stuff).
> Also, Rhino has a lot of fans http://www.rhino3d.com .
> Have a look at MeshCAM for converting STL and DXF to gcode
> http://tinyurl.com/9snx5 .
>
> Regards,
> JJ
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> On 18-Oct-2005, at 12:24, fortyfingers@a... wrote:
>
> > 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@a...
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