Hi Bob,
In answer to your questions about SheetCam, it doesn't run your mill, its not motor driver software. All it does is take a 2D CAD drawing and convert it to G-code, then you post G-code to your driver software, for example Mach3. And No, it won't do carvings like VCarve does, sad to say. Its ability to convert 2D (not 3D) to G-code is very good and simple to use. I've used it for a couple years and love it, plus it has a large user base. If you can draw it in a 2D CAD program, SheetCam can make the code from it! For carving things like VCarve does requires different and more complex software, more controlling on the Z-axis in relation to line thickness I guess, haven't figured that out yet. Hope this helps you some.
Cheers
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