Re: [Emc-users] No-kidding CAD/Cam package for milling

[Igor C. <ic...@gm...>]

Ries, thanks. Creo Elements/Pro is a full CAD/CAM package and has EMC2
compatible output. Right?

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:03 AM, R. van Twisk <em...@rv...> wrote:

> 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 <an...@ga...> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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