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  1. 01-26-2010, 10:46 AM #1
    matsci1
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    CAD/CAM Softwear Downloads

    Greetings,

    Does anyone know a source of free or "Student Version" CAD/CAM downloads?

    I am in the process of building my CNC machine and want to get used to drawing with a 3D cad Program now that can be used to guide the CNC. I use a 2D drawing program at the moment.

    Thanks
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  2. 01-26-2010, 01:31 PM #2
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    The toolpath for the first item I produced on my homebuilt CNC was produced with G-Simple. It is free and can be downloaded from here http://www.gsimple.gr/

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  3. 01-26-2010, 01:39 PM #3
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    From reading another thread I was just reminded about this one which again is free.
    http://www.progesoft.com/en/smart-2009

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  4. 01-26-2010, 09:48 PM #4
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    Thank you for the link
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    Alibre has a free version of 3D
    www.integratedmechanical.ca
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  6. 01-28-2010, 05:45 PM #6
    matsci1
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    thanks for the tip.

    Also, I found a pretty good source myself. It is from Autodesk the makers of Autocad:

    http://students3.autodesk.com

    there are 25 free softwear programs available for download. The softwear program called "Inventor" is the one that I am trying to learm now.
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