Thank you for your advice and input.
I believe Excalibur and One CNC can do the job. They are very simillar in interface and can produce the quality of tool path. We have to chose between the two and take everything into account.
Ease of use (I have to train 5 people) Flexibility ie being able to manipulate the software to do what I want. And technical support. Obviously I do not know thier full potential and what may work better for us but I need to weigh everything in my descision. And ultimatley the descision is not mine. I can make very strrong recomendations but I don't cut and sign the check.
I just believe that nearly any software will be an improvement over programming at the controller yes even BobCAD. That is what we are looking to eliminate. Cimatron has nearly every funtion that any software I have evaluated and probabbly has more options inside each function. Plus with over 15 seats company wide we will not be changing 3d programming software any time soon. It is difficult to use but I can get it to do almost anything I want. Hopefully I will be getting exposed to Five axis programming late this year. That will be the greatest challenge.
Sorry Got off on a tangent.
This site has been helpful in making my descisions
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