Design software I use Alibre', I hear all sorts of groans and moans from the "pros" but it works just fine for what we do here.
CAM wise Alibre' came bundled with SprutCAM. I learned it and it is pretty slick. However it isn't really for what we do here. We need to create nests for production and optimising the plate so I started looking around. BobCAD came highly recomended by MultiCam (my plasma table) but when these companies start flailing around words like "powerfull" you can take that to mean complicated. BobCAD will do the work but to get all the options I need for production it puts the softare over 4Gs!
I am working with the folks at
www.mtc-software.com and I can assure you these guys truly rock! Tech support and training that blows the competition completly out of the water.
I had a bug in the software installation from MultiCam that would not allow it to cut a .cnc file correctly. It threw everyone for a loop, but Bruce a MTC figured out that it had to be a software problem with the machine itself. A quick call to tech support at MultiCam and shuffle a file around to the correct place and everything is cool. The only buggaboo is importing my DXF or DWG files into TurboNest but we should have everything sorted out before the end of the day!
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