Beginner needs sensible advice on hobby price cad/cam software selection.
Hey all,
I'm knew to the world of 3D machining and in the next few weeks will be reaching completion of my mach 3 bridgeport retrofit.
I have dabbled with various CAD demos so producing a 3d part wont be totally alien to me, however the CAM side of things certainly is.
I was hoping some of you might be able to reccomend a good 3d cam package that someone could afford on a hobby kind of budget (basically under $1000) or under $500 if thats possible.
I have used solidworks and like that very much however I dont think I have a hope of being able to afford it. So are there any 3d cad packages out there which work in a similar way to solidworks with out the four figure price tag?
Dom
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