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I've always been a big fan of MeshCAM since the first beta.
However, a few years ago, the developer formed Carbide 3D, and since then, development of MeshCAM has slowed to a crawl.
But it is still being developed. The current version of MeshCAM 7 was released about 4 months ago. But in it's current state, I prefer version 6.
If I ever get a machine running with a rotary axis, I'll probably invest in a copy of DeskProto.
Is Deskproto mainly for rotary axis. I am only using a flat bed CNC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ger21
Simon
No, but it has a lot more rotary axis features than anything else.
I'm not quite sure if you want to convert your STL files to a 3D CAD format, so that your machine operator can then run it through his favourite CAM package, or whether you want to do the CAM yourself. I have used Fusion 360 to do the latter (and it's free if you are a student). Converting to a standard 3D file format is always going to be a little more difficult as it's not really a logical thing to do in most cases as straight to CAM/gcode makes more sense - but you need to know machine parameters like cutting speeds, cutter sizes, etc, to do it properly.
How would MesCAM/Deskproto compare with BobCAD? Especially the new version.
I had a look at the previous version of BobCAD and found it looked rather complicated. Can it do more than the other 2?
Zymon
Run away from BobCAD as fast as you can, and don't look back.