Production Mill is primarily for 2-1/2 axis work. Advanced adds 3D contouring, using meshes.
FreeForm adds surfaces. For die work, you need FreeForm. All of our old Advanced files loaded into FreeForm OK. Gene Bowen Michael Senack wrote: > Off topic here... > > Trying to get some understanding of the various SmartCAM mill packages out > there. > > We use Production Mill V11.5 here because we do mainly 2-1/2 axis vertical > mill work and > 4-axis horizontal mill with the rotary table B-axis. > > What is the difference between Production Mill and Advance Mill? > > Then what is the difference between Advance Mill and FreeForm? > > Can you take a Production Mill .pm4 file and load it in FreeForm and Advance > Mill? ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
