[popspipes]

I still use Sprutcam as well, does everything I need to do...........no rental fees...........no cloud problems........no forced updates etc.

[jlchapman]

I using Sprutcam. Stiff learning curve compared to Fusion 360, but getting there.

[MichaelHenry]

I using Sprutcam. Stiff learning curve compared to Fusion 360, but getting there.

I've been using it since 2007 or thereabouts and it is starting to make sense for me now. Either they've made a lot of improvements or I've just learned to deal with the idiosyncrasies of the product.

I do wish that they would update the UI to something more intuitive. For example, most apps let you "tab" between fields in a dialog box in a logical manner - SC bounces randomly from one field to another.

[mountaindew]

I've been using it since 2007 or thereabouts and it is starting to make sense for me now. Either they've made a lot of improvements or I've just learned to deal with the idiosyncrasies of the product.

I do wish that they would update the UI to something more intuitive. For example, most apps let you "tab" between fields in a dialog box in a logical manner - SC bounces randomly from one field to another.

The program has improved alot over the years. The tool table was a wreck and almost Un usable for many versions. Then they changed it and it was confusing to use but major Improvement over all previous versions.. They have slowly fixed or added functionality and now it works very well.
Same with operations. They reduced or eliminated a few that were not that useful and then enhanced the others to make up for the changes.
Simulation is more stable and far smoother to use also. For most part you get exactly what you see for results. Help is also a factor better then before but still the program is hard to learn at the higher levels it can be used at. It often takes time and experimenting to get tool paths and settings that work good. There is just so many things you have control of. it can frustrate any user trying to find the one setting giving you grief or causing un expected result. But you can save good operation setups as user ops and use in any program. This saves hundreds of clicks and makes it almost simple to get good results fast. I still run into quirks in the lathe section that can get me scratching my head and frustrate me.
But on the other hand i could set it up to use a flipped from standard x axis on 8l lathe and still get it to generate good code and simulate correctly. The settings and flexibility is there just have to dig in and do it.
The post editor even works better and is same as c# compiler. Making post changes possible

[MichaelHenry]

The program has improved alot over the years. The tool table was a wreck and almost Un usable for many versions. Then they changed it and it was confusing to use but major Improvement over all previous versions.. They have slowly fixed or added functionality and now it works very well.
Same with operations. They reduced or eliminated a few that were not that useful and then enhanced the others to make up for the changes.
Simulation is more stable and far smoother to use also. For most part you get exactly what you see for results. Help is also a factor better then before but still the program is hard to learn at the higher levels it can be used at. It often takes time and experimenting to get tool paths and settings that work good. There is just so many things you have control of. it can frustrate any user trying to find the one setting giving you grief or causing un expected result. But you can save good operation setups as user ops and use in any program. This saves hundreds of clicks and makes it almost simple to get good results fast. I still run into quirks in the lathe section that can get me scratching my head and frustrate me.
But on the other hand i could set it up to use a flipped from standard x axis on 8l lathe and still get it to generate good code and simulate correctly. The settings and flexibility is there just have to dig in and do it.
The post editor even works better and is same as c# compiler. Making post changes possible

Speaking of the post editor, it looks like Sprut released some tutorials on that:

https://sprutcam.com/courses/net-pos...sons/overview/

[mountaindew]

Speaking of the post editor, it looks like Sprut released some tutorials on that:

https://sprutcam.com/courses/net-pos...sons/overview/

I added a tool table list to the header of the sbl15 post. That way I can see all the required tools in the program. After years and years of looking at 1100 mill and 24r router posted code with tool list, I was lost without it when using lathe. I crashed lathe with wrong tool just one time and decided to change the post and add it. Also on list of mods is a tool and tool offset checker like smw showed in a fusion 360 video a while back. Also changed file extension to tap from txt. That was also confusing to me.