Re: Post your favorite cam system....


"Bing" <bingersFU2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "vinny" <friggenbozo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> > My favorite is camax, and they are gone now, so it doesn't matter.
> > (3dmilling)
> > My worst is Esprit mill, the stuff just sucks as far as version 2003.
> > Its ok for wire edm, but the milling package is just too big and
> > bulky, and has no features I can brag about here. The support sucked
> > bigtime. My choice for milling would be Mastercam, its everywhere,
> > lots of hacked versions floating around for home use and its powerful
> > enough, not to mention flexible posting.
> > For Wire edm I have to pick Esprit, since all Ive used was esprit,
> > bobwire, and procam.
> > Most promising from new articles...gibbs.
> > Lathe...dont know.....never programmed one with a cam system.
> > Grinders...only used mastercam so no opinion here either.
> > CMM milling...probe pro...because its free basically.
>
> Best CAM system I ever ran was SmartCAM way back in the day at Dave's
> place. (BTW, I hear he aint doin so hot over there, heh, too frickin bad
> huh?)
> It rocked and from what I've seen of some of the newer systems it still
> blows em outta the water.
>
> I like MasterCAM cause it does what it needs to. Easy to adjust toolpaths.
> Procam isnt too bad but it has its problems.
>
> I also liked Smartcam when I ran the wire, but I would say Espirit is
> pretty good for the price.
>
> Bing

When you ran Smartcam it was the best. Version 1.51 i think.
They bought Camax a while back, then ideas solids, I expected greatness,
but it just never happened. Are they even in buissiness anymore?


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