Hi all this is my first post I hope I have put it in the right place! I am brand knew to CNC'ing and having a fairly hard time getting to grips with the software that I have acquired (Rhino, Lazycam and DraftSight) I have mach 3 to control if needed but I feel so overwhelmed by everything and just want to start off with Techsoft 2d Design. I am aware of how horrific it is to everyone but its the only software I have ever used and right now the only one I understand I need to use it as a confidence builder. My issue is I have no idea how to get it to control the cnc... I have the cnc setup with a zero point and soft limits via mach 3 but after that pretty much a dead end. Anyways I would at present rather just have Techsoft controlling until I get my head around how to get it into mach 3 ect. I have tried to setup the cnc with Techsoft but it requires a printer driver ? The machine I have has a serial input no driver or anything. What I am after really is a school setup until I have taught myself a little more !
Luke