Hi!
I couldn't make a general recommendation. For me PCNC works fine. I also use it for testing boards and motors. For engraving, drilling and 2,5D-milling it is a good solution. For special functions (e.g. cutter radius compensation), an external CAM-Processor may be usefull. BoCNC (Freeware) seems to be a good one, but I didn't had the time to test it by now.
But depending on your application you may find another software more usefull. The software from Step4 (Austria) has a very nice graphical interface for example, but it costs around 490,00 EUR. PC-Dreh is the only software I know do drive lathes. And for styro cutting, there are again special programms.
With kind regards
Thorsten Ostermann |