[jjacoby]

CAD and CAM products on the market today.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA3oKK0Q6IE"]YouTube - TopSolid Cam 7 is easy to use[/nomedia]

[jjacoby]

One of the reasons TopSolid CAM 7 is so advanced is that it constantly keeps track of and updates the machined stock behind the scenes for all machining operations. To the best of my knowledge no other CAM system has this level of advanced stock recognition.

Another reason is that you can copy a machining operation, say a facing operation, to geometry that contains say an open pocket and the facing operation will automatically change to an open pocket operation. To the best of my knowledge no other CAM system does this.

[jjacoby]

True solids based machining. Most often no curves/chaining are needed:

True Solid Based machining – No curves required! » Clear Cut Solutions, Inc

[wdp67]

How much does this software cost?

Walt

[jjacoby]

How much does this software cost?

Walt

Prices in the U.S.A. where given to me by the master distributor in the U.S.A. for TopSolid this week:

2D mill and lathe and some limited 3D machining, 4 axis positioning, 5 axis positioning, TopSolid 7 CAD Light (All part modeling (surfacing, etc.), all drafting, NO ASSEMBLY = $4,750

Full 2D and Full 3D, Full TopSolid CAD and CAM 7 = $8,000

TopSolid 7 CAM will not have what TopSolid 6 has (4 and 5 axis simultaneous, mill turn, twin turret) until 2012

TopSolid distributor in the U.S.A. has been around for I think approx 10 years.

[jjacoby]

An extremely well written 446 page .pdf tutorial for TopSolid 7 is now available free so one can see how TopSolid 7 works before downloading it.

TopSolid 7 Design Tutorial PDF » Clear Cut Solutions, Inc.

This document and all the videos done for TopSolid 7 by long time master distributor Clear Cut Solutions show the commitment that has been made to make learning TopSolid an enjoyable experience.

[jjacoby]

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[jjacoby]

There is a difference between solids based machining and machining on solids!

Can YOUR Cam Software do this? » Clear Cut Solutions, Inc

[evo4wrx]

I had a quote for the above for output to a hass lathe and vf2ss and it was nearly 30G. Welcome to Australia.