Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maxnc - don't buy it!

Thanks, Doug.

I will give Kellyware a try, too. BTW, I am using Mill Wizard for the GCode, dxf out of Rhino3D. Works great so far. Of course, with
the problems I am having with Maxnc, I don't know how well the code runs now, do I?

Mike

Doug Fortune wrote:

> Mike Rainone wrote:
>
> > Problem is, what is the alternative? Yeager, Kellyware - I need true 3D. Any suggestion?
>
> We have used the free Kellyware http://www.kellyware.com under Windoze
> to do true 3D using the free trial version (only does 4 files) of http://www.millwizard.com to generate the GCode from STL and DXF
> files.
>
> So Kellywares KCam does true 3D. But it doesn't do circles G02/G03 in
> a standard way, so its not too great for 2D. Also, because its Windoze it
> doesn't do real time (ie smooth motions) all the time. But it does have
> a jog mode with variable speed, so its pretty good for manual moves (one
> axis at a time, or linear moves in 2 or 3 axes).
>
> However, it is GREAT!! for testing your new hardware setups because it is
> soooo easy to use. And sooner or later Kelly is bound to address the two
> above problems. And its free for download, so you can get going right away.
>
> After using the above for testing new (stepper S&D parallel port) setups
> you can move on to more robust (but harder to set up, and more expensive)
> gcode interpreters.
>
> Doug
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