Choosing best software for mainly Live tooling C-axis

[DerekSSS]

I have looked at Mastercam, OneCNC, Gibbscam, and Partmaker.

Are there any others I am missing that are priced well and powerful?

The cutting I am doing is mostly C-axis turns with no Y...Example...

Coping a 2" pipe to fit a 4" pipe with a ball endmill.

OneCNC is off the list because they zig-zag to cut part faces and thats cutting air 75% of the time on pipe.

What do you sugest?

[wms]

OneCNC is off the list because they zig-zag to cut part faces and thats cutting air 75% of the time on pipe.

Actually it is very easy In OneCNC to set up an inner and outer boundary. And only cut the wall of the pipe on the face..

Or if you want you can cut it like a spiral / circular tool path on the COPE with one of the stock tool paths .

[DerekSSS]

I went through and eval with OneCNC and my tech guy said spiral toolpath was supported by there mill version but not there lathe.

And I asked him about setting an inner and outer boundary for a zig zag cut and he said he couldn't.

[wms]

All I can say is that all those tool paths shown where done in the lathe version with C axis face..

Maybe he misunderstood what you where wanting to do..Or maybe I don't.