[jooooooe]

We use Alphacam and purchased Aspire for Alphacam through Vero. I was disappointed to find out the Alphacam version excludes the nesting and posting modules that the Vetric version has and now that I'm having a difficult time doing sign work with Alphacam, I'm wondering if I would have been better off with the Vetric version? If I could have a re-do, I would definately buy the Vetric version and if there is any way possible, I would really like to switch.

[ger21]

Is nesting in AlphaCAM an option that you don't have? I would expect AlphaCAM's nesting to be far superior to Aspire's.

[jooooooe]

Is nesting in AlphaCAM an option that you don't have? I would expect AlphaCAM's nesting to be far superior to Aspire's.

Yes, they do, and I'm probably just letting my frustrations get the best of me. Apparently there is a problem with Alphacam and Xilog when it comes to trying to router complex curves. Every time I try to do sign work, characters like 3, 8 or B always get destroyed. It doesn't show up in the tool paths or at the simulator. I have to run a test to make sure the machine doesn't eat up an expensive piece of material, which is really aggravating especially when it's something that takes a lot of time. We intend to do this often but the error is a hinderance. I can't seem to get the assistance that I need from SCM, spent much time on the phone with tech support to find out that there is "another" person who needs to do the adjustment on my PP but I can't get him to return my call.

[ger21]

Are you offsetting to the outside? Try offsetting the geometry and cut on the center line.

Is it Hector that needs to modify the post?