CAD files are often used for storing floorplan layouts and mechanical designs. It contains a technical 2D drawing, which includes geometry and measurement information. You still can't do 3D any cheaper than that.unless you use the SB probe, but even so, you don't know what it'll look like until you actually machine it. A CAD file is a CAD file created by Autodesk QuickCAD, a CAD 2D vector drawing program that was discontinued in 2004. Right now, MillWizard has been serving me well for doing '3D' in conjunction with a Roland Picza, but there are many limitations. I think that what I've seen of ArtCAM so far is pretty impressive, but it still lacks many CAD-type features that would be useful. I prefer AutoCAD for CAD, PaintShopPro and Corel for vectorizing/freeforming, and would add ArtCAM to the arsenal when the $ permits. I think that the DelCAM suite of products comes close to the mark.īobCADCAM excites me with it's 5-axis capabilities.but I think that the feel of the interface sucks. End users don't want to spend years learning how to use your software.They want to get out there and generate income. I write software all day long in a manufacturing environment. In many cases they hit the mark from a hard-core engineering/CAD standpoint, but we all know that engineers and humans think very differently

It just amazes me as a profesional software developer and SB owner/operator that NONE of the software companies out there have produced a solution that is practical, easy to use, powerful, intuitive and affordable. How good this is, I don't know, but it would be one hell of a candidate for the ShopBot 5-Axis prototype if it is any good. One thing that BobCADCAM does give you over Vector is 5-Axis machining and toolpathing capability.

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