Andy, ideally, I would like to hear an opinion of a seasoned user, who made plenty of parts using a particular CAD/CAM package.
Many software projects look great upon the first initial impression. Later, real life problems crop up and many of those promising projects end up in the "does not really work" pile. What I really want to know is to hear something like "I used program XYZ to make a lot of metal parts and it is really great". In response to my question, I expected to hear answers such as "look at this" and "that looks interesting", but this is decidedly not what I am looking for. I am looking for an opinion of a seasoned user who is satisfied with sufficient amount of usage experience with a particular project. i On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Andy Howell <a...@gamubaru.com> wrote: > On 05/30/2011 07:52 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: > > I am aware that this is a "can of worms". I will ask, nevertheless. > > > > I am becoming constrained by my approach of "just write G code for > anything > > I want". > > > > Is there an inexpensive CAD/CAM package that is EMC2 compatible, designed > to > > work with milling operation (I have a 4 axis mill). > > > > At this point I do not care if it is Windows or Linux based, although I > > would prefer Linux. > > > > Igor, > > I've been playing with HeeksCAD/HeeksCNC. I'm quite new to > machining, cad/cam etc, so I > can't comment on how it compares to other packages. I run it under Ubuntu. > It works under > windows as well. See http://code.google.com/p/heekscad/ > > Regards, > > Andy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with > vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is > safe, > secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? > Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
