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Forum: CAM

Fri 29 January 2010, 10:09

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CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

Thanks Brad! Sometimes I wonder why I cannot...

Thanks Brad! Sometimes I wonder why I cannot remember things. :o:(

Forum: CAM

Fri 29 January 2010, 09:36

Replies: 62

CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

:confused: I can't even remember hearing of CAM...

:confused: I can't even remember hearing of CAM ASAP and I have definitely never used it.

Forum: CAM

Thu 09 April 2009, 10:05

Replies: 62

CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

Pete, Aspire is the flavour of the month, but I...

Pete, Aspire is the flavour of the month, but I can't justify it's price tag for the type of jobs that earn the bread and butter money. Aspire creates beautiful 3D products, but they have long...

Forum: CAM

Fri 19 September 2008, 13:46

Replies: 62

CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

No, no, no! That is a terrible sequence for...

No, no, no! That is a terrible sequence for cutting a square! You want it to plunge once, go right around and pull-up once. CAM programs figure that out for you.

Forum: CAM

Fri 19 September 2008, 12:34

Replies: 62

CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

Taking a dxf straight into a cutting machine is...

Taking a dxf straight into a cutting machine is also interesting.......your machine cuts the lines (vectors) in the same sequence that you drew them.

If you drew a square with a typical CAD...

Forum: CAM

Fri 19 September 2008, 12:06

Replies: 62

CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

Importing DXF, HPGL, BMP and JPG direct into Mach...

Importing DXF, HPGL, BMP and JPG direct into Mach is not as useful as it might sound for someone new to CNC. Particularly those BMP and JPG files, which are raster (not vector) files are going to...

Forum: CAM

Fri 27 June 2008, 00:19

Replies: 62

CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

I know that this comment will get up Kobus' nose,...

I know that this comment will get up Kobus' nose, but he will take it in the spirit it is intended :). . . . . .

Sorting out your CAM tools, and climbing that learning curve, is something that...

Forum: CAM

Thu 26 June 2008, 06:41

Replies: 62

CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

There are some other budget CAM programs listed...

There are some other budget CAM programs listed here:

http://www.mechmate.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19

Forum: CAM

Wed 25 June 2008, 02:11

Replies: 62

CAM programs in general - who is using what?

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Posted By Gerald D

Have you tried the Lazycam forum? Probably part...

Have you tried the Lazycam forum? Probably part of www.machsupport.com (http://www.machsupport.com)?

An economical product that is well accepted is www.sheetcam.com (http://www.sheetcam.com). I...

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