Just a few things I will mention as I see this thread develop. BobCAD-CAM has always been a low cost system regardless of the amount of functionality that we have developed into it. In 23 years, have we made a mistake or two by not continuing testing when we should have? Yes. Have we always come behind that and fixed things so that any wrongs were made right? Absolutely.
For anyone to take a serious look at the amount of toolpath options we have made available in version 23 and turn around and complain about the price, I would only say that they should step out into the CAD-CAM market and have themselves another look so that they can see what is actually happening. Particularly right now. Understand that the more cash you have...the more glory in toolpath you can load up on. But here is my question...why would anyone pay thousands of dollars for 13 or 14 types of 2.5D toolpath when another company can accommodate just about all of them for $500? Our prices are low and on top of that we still run good sales.
Also, because we sell a high volume, we have to expand our support team as we go, training materials and trainers. That costs money. The support membership is an option, not maintenance or a "subscription." We provide updates to all of our customers free of charge and that includes any bug fixes as well. WE pay for that, not the customer and if you look at the functionality that we have added in those free updates, you would be impressed that we have given so much away.
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