basic practice programmes

[JJ Sparks]

Hi Doddy,
Thank you for the answer, I am still getting to grips with all of this.
I am looking at getting Vcarve pro, I was originally looking at Aspire, but it’s 3times the price and if i needed to upgrade in the future, it’s not too onerous.
I also use a drawing package called Vectorworks Spotlight, although it is a few years old now it still works well for my requirements. I think as it’s a cad package it will import ok into Vcarve pro !
I will follow your advice and get hold of the evaluation copy of CAMBAM.
Kind regards,
John

[Doddy]

Hi Doddy,

I will follow your advice and get hold of the evaluation copy of CAMBAM.
Kind regards,
John

Absolutely follow your path for the toolchain that you want to use... but just until you get used to the basics, keep it simple, the learning curves can be steep and expensive. I'd stand by RouterCNC's suggestions as well - really useful to get to grips with GCode so that you can understand that back-end processing that drives the machine... then once that's firmly in your head start moving back through the toolchain the to more complex and interesting design activity. It all fits together in the end.

[JJ Sparks]

Hi Doddy,

Do i need to load the CamBam onto the laptop that has the Mach3 on it?
This is a computer that isnt connected to the net, in my workshop.
JJ