Hi. You run RhinoCAM or VisualMill Basic with the same dongle. That means you can purchase RhinoCAM and run it inside Rhino or simply run VisualMill Basic as a standalone application.
One of the few things that *are* different between the two products is file format. Files saved in RhinoCAM cannot be loaded in VM - though they're working to enhance this in the future. Since I want to keep compatibility with the rest of the VM community, I run VM standalone.
In my personal and humble opinion, VM has quite a bit of power and won't disappoint you. Yes, like everything else, you will come to a point where you see issue you wish they fixed or worked differently. But so far I have been able to work around any limitation I've come across.
Plus: Tech Support is superb. I recently saw someone post a problem with the code on a Friday and get a fix by Sunday - pretty impressive. Minus: Documentation. Their online samples and videos fly by features that only experienced users can catch. This is in sharp contrasts to, for example, what Art from Mach2/3 has done. Mecsoft needs to sit someone down and make video samples like Art did.
Overall, VM is a great product and works seamlessly with Rhino.
JR  |