I've been using a recent generation of BobCad - I do all my drawing in Autocad as solids, import into bobcad, and click through a few wizards. G code has been good, although not always efficient time-wise. Feeds right into EMC.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Jon Elson <[email protected]> wrote: > dave wrote: >> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:11:48 +0000 >> andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 16 December 2011 01:41, alice <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> the best deal maybe bobcad or mesh cam both available for about 200$ >>>> >>> I have heard that BobCAD isn't nearly as cheap as it should be. >>> > Yeah, if EMC is free, then Bobcad might need to pay people to take it. >> I've heard that parts of it don't work even with experienced cad >> people. >> > On the other hand, I have Bobcad/CAM 16.1 (a pretty old version) and it > does work. > It is really a 2-D drawing package, and you turn the model on the screen > to add features on > other planes. That was way non-intuitive, but works once you know how > it works. > The G-code generation works well, I have only had one case where it > didn't properly > follow a 3-D surface I'd created. It kind of missed where several > curves intersected. > I rarely use it, and then usually for 2-D stuff with just slightly > tricky geometry. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 > Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for > developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it > provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. > Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
