[fattuna]

Hey all. Was given great advise from everyone in the forum...my "schtick" is CNC plasma, a side thing...I'm a bored architect that has a pretty high mech. ability, with that I started designing flames for my truck but was farming out the plasma process...so I got a shop and a CNC table, plasma cutter and away I go...NOT...I have a AutoCAD background (since high school) but this converting into CAM (I know G-code) then it goes to my PC on my CNC machine...

I get lost in the translationship /process from the design DXF/DWG into
G-code part...

I jumped the gun by purchasing MeshCAM without running it by you guys and now it was suggested to review SheetCAM (which I'm doing)...I understand cutting paths but have a low confidence in the software since beta and I'm not to keen on spending 500 on CAM software...ANY or ALL HELP...

Thanks,
Pierre
www.fattunadesigns.com

shop rent = $1500 month
CNC table = $5000
Plasma cutter = $2000
buying the wrong CAM software that I can't use.....PRICELESS!

[ger21]

You could try ACE from http://www.dakeng.com, but I personally would stick with SheetCAM. It offers a lot more options. Find a version (beta) that works for you and stick with that. There is a Yahoo group for SheetCAM, you might want to check it out. Quite a few plasma guys over there.

You might want to also look at DeskCNC.

[fattuna]

Hey....your the dude that wrote the G-code running in CAD...im going to try and load this on my laptop. From reading all the replys it sounds great...can you give me the link to down load..it was given to me before but I get lost in the abis of windows...

thanks,
pierre

[ger21]

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2443

Not sure if it will work too well for plasma, though. I was writing it for a router. And I haven't had time to work on it in the last 6 months.