no i don't have the part modeler, but the only design i do is for myself (fixtures and such)and i have become handy with regular edgecam enough that it does the job fine.
sometimes i redraw the part i'm making in 3-d just to get a good feel for it before i start processing it.
the one thing that i found was alot easier compared to the old smartcam i used is 3-d machining.
edgecam has some cool cycles for toolpath when doing 3-d contours.
the classes i took from the reseller were:
basic mill, basic lathe, basic wire, advanced lathe,surfacing, advanced surfacing, code generator.
i mostly use the milling packages the most and only dabble in lathe and wire, i have guys in charge of those deptartments that take care of it themselves, i only took the classes as back up for them.
i didn't have a hard time switching over from smartcam which is what i used before edgecam.
is there anything you had in mind about edgecam that you would like to know. |