Re: CAD packages

For the three programs you listed, Rhino 3.0, RhinoCAM, and
VisualMill, you may as well buy SolidWorks. Those three add up to
$8,854, about $850 more than SW.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Pete Brown \(YahooGroups\)"
<YahooLists@...> wrote:

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> If you don't need the parametric capabilities of solidworks, I recommend
> Rhino. Rhino is used a lot in industrial design, and costs well under a
> thousand US (anywhere from 600 to 800 or so, off the top of my

head). Rhino

> is actively updated (Version 4 has had several betas while Version 3
> continues to be enhanced), and actively supported. Don't let the

price fool

> you, it is a serious modeling tool.
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> You can also get a Visual Mill plug-in called RhinoCAM that seamlessly
> integrates the modeling and CAM workflows. I have the 4 axis

RhinoCAM Pro

> product.
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> http://www.Rhino3d.com <http://www.rhino3d.com/>
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> http://www.RhinoCAM.com <http://www.rhinocam.com/>
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> Gallery of things made using the MecSoft CAM products:
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> http://www.mecsoft.com/Mec/Gallery/other.html
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> Pete