My personal preference is to go ahead and do the Solid model=, then use it in PartMaker to generate the Toolpaths. I have found this to be about the same amount of time as drawing everything you need because the solid makes it a bit easier to get you Face Window Functions set.
Bill
[QUOTE=petrucci's;1158523]Need advice on software
The company I work for recently added to my responsibilities which are mainly managing a 12 man die shop. my addittonal duties are to manage a 7 man cnc swiss dept. we are currently running 3 new citizens.
My question is regarding programming. Currently we will sketch part in solidworks to create 3d model. Then we import model into partmaker I'm just wandering if we are doing more than is needed?
Bill Cain
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