RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Dolphin Partmaster

Danny:



I will take a look at BlenderCAD. It sounds great, especially being open
source. I still keep my fingers in the industry to some extent and am
always being asked for a "cheap" CAD or CAD/CAM software seat. Some of the
shop owners near me are very small operators, not like Thomasville
Furniture, Bassett, etc. and just can't afford the more conventional seats
like DolphinCAD or MasterCAM or even AutoCad with an NC generator add in.
Thank you for posting the information.



Randy Abernathy
CNC and Industrial Machinery
service, repair, installation and
design

4626 Old Stilesboro Rd NW
Acworth, GA 30101
Fax: 770-974-5295
Phone: 678-982-0235
E-mail:

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Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Dolphin Partmaster





BlenderCAD is a free, open-source package which is pretty popular.
Google Sketchup is a popular free one, too.

I installed Blender and haven't really worked with it, but I gotta say,
I was shocked at how advanced it looked. It's a very state-of-the-art
build, at least it looks to be at first glance.

Danny

On 6/30/2011 11:19 AM, Randy Abernathy wrote:
> I am retired but for over 20 years I did CNC machinery installs, service,
> maintainence, and design. I have yet to understand why anyone would
> purchase BobCad, it is cumbersome, hasn't really improved with regard to
> being user friendly over the years. I am not familiar with the newest
> version but if they did what they have always done, it will simply be a
> re-hash of earlier versions with no significant improvements. Their
> so-called "post processing" is a total joke. I have several clients that
> actually purchased BobCad/CAM. Because it was so difficult to use they
> ended up purchasing Dolphin PartMaster, at my suggestion. There is NO
> comparison between Dolphin and BobCad, Dolphin blows BobCad out of the
water
> and for similar costs. Dolphin has a TRUE post processor and it includes
> the post processor editor so it is possible to write your own dedicated
post
> processor, not just change a few pre-determined parameters like BobCad
> offers.
>
>
>
> It has been several years since I used Dolphin but from what I see in
their
> newest versions they have kept up. For the price, I personally do not
think
> there is anything out there to compare to Dolphin.
>
>
>
> Randy Abernathy
> CNC and Industrial Machinery
> service, repair, installation and
> design
>
> 4626 Old Stilesboro Rd NW
> Acworth, GA 30101
> Fax: 770-974-5295
> Phone: 678-982-0235
> E-mail:
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> About a month or two ago I posted on here asking for any advice on Dolphin
> CAD/CAM. I didn't receive much feedback so just wanted to chime in quick.
> For the past few years I tinkered with Bobcad, and never made it very far.
> It claims the game, so unless I am a complete idiot, the software just
> failed to produce much for me. A month after buying Dolphin, I must admit
I
> have gotten way further then what BCC allowed me to. They dont have the
> rastor to vector which was nice, but outside of that I find it very nice
and
> easy.
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