I have not used my mill since v27 was new. I think I even upgraded BobCAD twice before that and never had time to use it.
Now I am finally going to use my mill again and I am wondering if I should invest the time in reinstalling and learning (relearning what little I knew) v27 or look into spending my time on a different CAM package or try to spend more money yet again negotiating the newer version of BobCAM?
Every time I get around to trying BobCAM again (which can be years), I am a few versions behind already and waste a bunch of time and money trying to get back to the latest package. I have only used it for a couple parts over all these years and certainly never used it enough to justify what I spent yet.
However, now I want to start a project that will require some CNC mill work in aluminum and hopefully making enough parts to get some good experience.
I am not sure what is out now worthwhile and affordable or if I should go ahead and install my version 27 again and use it? My time is valuable to me, so I want to spend the time learning something I will stick with if at all possible.
I will not be using the CAD, only the CAM. I have Alibre Design Expert 2019.
Opinions?