Re: CamWorks vs MasterCam
One way to help you decide what cam package you need is to ask some questions and have the companies that provide the packages that you are looking at answer the questions. What ever cam package answers all or most of the questions you have would be the best for you. For example I am looking for a new cam package right now also. The questions that I am asking is does the cam software talk with design? Can the software program a probe? I am looking at camworks right now and deciding if we are going to stay with mastercam or not. The answer that I got so far is that mastercam is very limited in communicating with design which in my company is solidworks. Cam works runs in side of solidworks and communicates very well. Mastercam can program a renisaw probe but mastercam does not support it. Renishaw made it and mastercam adds it for a selling point. Mastercam told that to me themselves. Camworks can program all probes. The more questions you ask the easier it will be to make the decision.
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