I use fusion360 for lathe. It was the only cad/cam program I could find at a reasonable price with a post I could modify and get working for my machine. I can't say I like it but it works and the price was right. For me it gets the job done and does not cost 20k euros...
cheers, St.john On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 11:15, andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> wrote: > yep i have done several big injection molds with fusion 360 > > just recently bought bobcam for solidworks which is better than fusion at > 4th axis stuff unless you pay for the extensions. > > i don't trust autodesk and want out now before I invest any more time and > money. Also i don't trust cloud software. i want to buy something and > then timestamp my system and leave it that way for the next 10 years. or > at least be able to upgrade on my terms not autodesks terms > > case in point solidworks 2014 can do pretty much everything that solidworks > 2022 can do. > > and i know a couple design companies that just don't update as there is not > reason lol. the new software is a bit better but also more prone to > crashing.. > > > the real cost of cam i think once you start running a business is in the IP > and in the time spent learning. once you change software all that goes > down the toilet and you have to start from scratch which sucks > but other than that fusion is amazing > > but fusion is easier to use than bobcam i think and i am still finding > myself changing back to fusion a lot for quick fast stuff. > > i can design program and start cutting a simple job now in under 10 mins > with fusion 360. > > but i have spent about 200 hrs in it i think at least possibly double > that. and most of it in the cam workspace > > > it would be great to see freecad get better though and get some cool cam > stuff. > > and linuxcnc conversational stuff would be great to see become more > mainstream > > like native cam > > i am still yet to use any linuxcnc conversational stuff. pretty keen to > try it just couldn't work out how to install it and gave up. > > cheers > > Andrew > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 11:14 PM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Oct 2022 at 03:02, John Figie <zephyr9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > CAM is included with Fusion 360 additional machining extensions are > extra > > > but not needed for most work. > > > > Indeed, you still get some pretty decent 3D HSM toolpaths with the > > free version. And 3.5D too as it will rotate the work for different > > operations. > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
