Autodesk Inventor is an amazing product. It is quite a bit more expensive than most products out there, but it is fast, intuitive and capable of drawing virtually any part, mechanism or entire machine. It blows the doors off of Bobcad (which crashed on me numerous times right after I first got it and was difficult to use). I get Inventor for free due to mentoring that I do so I can't complain about the cost :-)
I find that CAM is a bigger problem. Finding software that converts 3d CAD models into useful g-code is still an ongoing issue and I haven't found anything that works all that well. Perhaps others on the forum have. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Engvall Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:33 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Which cad software? You might want to take a look at synergy. Runs on linux and Windoze. The learning curve is steep but it is very capable; way more capable than I am. The CAD is free and the first step of CAM not expensive. It can be upgraded all the way to parasolids. http://www.webersys.com/ Thirty day full blown trial. Dave On Feb 22, 2007, at 4:36 PM, rogerb wrote: > Could be a little of topic but I'm looking at getting a mini > mill for the shop and would like to go from drawing to tools. I run > linux on my computer and have win 2000 running under vmware.I have > used > a few different softwre packages and they seem to suck (turbocad > acad,varicad,qcad).I want to use the mini mill to cut patterns so 2d > is the easiest to work with for me. Any suggestions are appreciated. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
