Re: Best CNC controller
Hey Craig,
I agree with all of what you have said.
I’d be happy to use Mach4 for my production work if the User interface was easier to use.
I get a lot of customers asking “should I use Mach3, Mach4 or UCCNC?” I normally respond with:
1 - If you are currently using Mach3 and are happy with it, there’s no need to change to Mach4.
2 - If you area complete beginner have a look at the UCCNC software as it is a cleaner layout and is easier to configure.
3 - If you have previous CNC experience look at Mach4.
In my opinion NFS needs to study PathPilot’s user interface and understand why it is so successful. Then use that knowledge to design an intuitive interface that is easy to use by advanced users as well as beginners. If not, they will continue to bleed new potential customers to the ever growing list of competitors.
If Mach4 had an interface similar to PathPilot I’d use it in a flash due to the relative ease of configuration and setup.
PathPilot is designed to control specific Tormach machines so you need to make your machine mimic one of those as much as possible so the configuration changes in the hal and ini files are minimized.
Cheers,
Peter
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