let me begin by giving thanks to all for this informative site. it is a great help.
i am a r/c hobbyist. i plan to build a foam cutter, bought plans and hardware from hobbycnc foam package (the 159 one).
i also plan to build a 3-axis router to carve out some boat hulls and airplane fuselages to make molds.
my question is this: is matercam 9 a complete (from start to finish) software product for my purposes? i want to design, and cut with a single software that i can do with 3-d contouring. i have read in various posts that i will need cad, cam, g-code, and cnc software from start to finish. it can be confusing and overwhelming.
if mastercam cannot fulfill this, what would you recommend? i would prefer an add on utility that works inside autocad r14 or mastercam 9.
thanks for any detailed (for dummies) answers and explanations you guys can provide.