Originally posted by nIgHthAwK17
I'm using Rhino V2 to draw up my parts in 3D, and I will be using MasterCAM V9 to make toolpaths. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to use to output my CNC controls yet, although DeskAM is looking promising... My 2 cents..
CG
Nighthawk,
Try turbocnc, available at
www.dakeng.com. Very good software and almost free at $20.00. It's shareware.
Also CNCPro is nice but costs $200.00
Kcam costs $100.00 but its windows software and steppers run really bad in windows.
Very interesting up and coming software can be found here
http://www.cnctechnik.de/
I downloaded it but have not tried it yet. It actually needs two computers, one windows, one dos to run the cnc. The dos one just needs dos, no monitor, keyboard, or anything else. A motherboard and floppy drive is all you need. Interesting.
Eric