RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CAD packages

If you have RhinoCAM, you don't need Visual Mill (and vice versa). They both
do the same things. Which one you pick will depend on what your planned
usage is. RhinoCAM is 4axis Visual Mill inside Rhino.



RhinoCAM Pro lists at $3999 (I got mine for around $2K during the intro, I'm
not sure what it goes for now). The Pro version has just about everything.

Rhino lists at $895 (most places sell it for quite a bit less than that)



So you're still probably talking about $4000 or so. If you can get
SolidWorks for near that, and want to go that route, I'd say to just go that
route. If you can't justify 2x the cost, though (training and competency
building aside), that $4k will get you pretty far.



Does SolidWorks include CAM for the $8854 price?



Pete



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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 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_ <mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO%40yahoogroups.com>
DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Pete Brown \(YahooGroups\)"
<YahooLists@...> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> http://www.Rhino3d <http://www.Rhino3d.com> com <http://www.rhino3d

<http://www.rhino3d.com/> com/>

>
>
>
> http://www.RhinoCAM <http://www.RhinoCAM.com> .com <http://www.rhinocam

<http://www.rhinocam.com/> .com/>

>
> Gallery of things made using the MecSoft CAM products:
>
> http://www.mecsoft <http://www.mecsoft.com/Mec/Gallery/other.html>

com/Mec/Gallery/other.html

>
>
>
> Pete

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