Igor, I have been doing a traject at a shipyard implementing a CAD/CAM solution.
And the reality is that you might have personal opinions on how to work, would you like to work parametric, or not for example. Pro/Egineer (at that time) was a strong parametric tool, Solidwork was much less (you can 'fool around) and at that time Inventor was just a mess. But, any of the 3 pages would just work very well in specific situation, and with specific users. I can strongly recommend Pro/Engineet Wildfire, and I have loaded g-code from Pro/E into EMC2 without issues. But saying this, makes properly others people back hair stand up straight :D It's really up to you, check your budgets, and check what tools are available and what the general audience do with the tools. Then just try it out, this is really the only good way for you to find a CAD package that will fit you. In general all CAD packages can do what you what, however the gotcha is, how easy can do do that?? I can only speak for Pro/E but if I change my model, then Pro/E can re-generate all toolpath's without re-doing all that work, just click 're-generate toolpath' this works very will if you use one model frequently with changed dimensions. If you don't do this, then you might not want to go through the burden understanding this workflow and use a CAD package with a external CAM package that keep the relation, but might just be a whole lot cheaper. just my 2 cents... Ries On May 31, 2011, at 12:19 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
