Re: Small Part Workflow
I have an old version of Inventor (2015) HSM is not supported.
Inventor is crazy expensive so at $2000 per year, my old version does me just fine.
That said, for small simple parts, I will oftain just fire up Corel Draw and create my basic shape. I then export for Vcarve to make my tool paths. The whole process of idea to ready to machine can be as quick at a couple minutes. Much of what I machine is done this way.
I have also used Fusion 360 but for simple things, I come back to Corel Draw and Vcarve. I am not a big fan of Fusion 360, as I have had issues with large complicated projects.
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