I recently got a sieg x3 cnc milling with a mach3 controller and would like to purchase a cam software that is just under $1,000. Can you guys suggest on a software that would be perfect for my application. I'am a custom knifemaker and most I'll be using a cnc mill to cut blade blanks and handles. This would be just 2d application. I design my knives on Adobe illustrator and save them as DWG or DXF. I need a CAM program that could import this type of files and do tool paths. Also I need a cam software that works well with Mach3.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated :-)