i work at a old school tool and die shop we do alot of things old school are competion is one of the largest they have fully automated robotic machines that cost millions there constantly dumping money into there buisness to try and do what i do on machine that come out in the 60s if it works y replace em anyway 3d is fine but pretty much you very seldemy ever realy need it ur third dimension is only depth people think of 3d there like oh god its definatley harder to draw but in most cases i dont because its not needed cost extra although we have cnc lathes mills several diferent types of edms cnc grinders we have the equipment but its hard to make money on something unless there a return customer somebody who wants to set up a contract for these parts are draftsman and cnc programer also has some real good tricks on converting those solid works drawings makes it compatible with are equipment we dont use solid we use bobcad mastercad mostly i meet be able to help u more if i knew a lil more about the die  |