About the price difference Our MasterCam dealer just gave me quote of $12,900 for level three Plus 2 to 3,000 for post that works in 4-5,axis He said that" it will not give good toolpaths in 4 to 5 axis without this post."(prizim Eng. P.A.)
Thats alot of change from what i understand Gibbs is up past that $20,000 for full package solids and every everything and not really a good design software ,But i never used it that is just hearsay. (can someone post prices for Gibbs)
My quote from Proe today is $3995. Many modules are included in this design foundation Prodetail, proreport to name a few and $10,999 for Pro nc and VERICUT level 2 this package is indexing to 4 and 5 axis live tooling lathes 4 axis EDM GPOST post processing GREAT program $8,000 if you buy it from Austin NC you can create custom 5 axis post in 15 minutes all done in a JAVA console
Full Blown NC Machining is $20,000 but you get level full Vericut also and Expert Machinst (seperate machining programfor 2 1/2 axis)
nice bundled computer and proe for industry use
http://www.thepentagoncorp.com/Pages/buyonline3.html
For A company Buying software I dont see Pro e as being an outragously huge price difference (plus you get other programs built into nc machinig)
Our Pro e paid for itself in 6 monthes of owning it because of the new clients it attracked that wanted to to bussiness with us because we owned it and used it.
But what it comes down to is preference If i never used Pro e I would be posting How great mastercam is.
MasterCam is good Software for home users and small shops I still do like it for simple jobs.
But all large machine shops here in Maryland have switched to Pro e I have worked for many of the large Companys And everyones buzz is Proe.
P.S. I dont know how to do the stock removel then in master Cam Can you post a demontration please i Would like to see this
Mace