Help regarding CAD CAM s/w..New in town..

[indieraid]

Could anyone please help me with my choice...? I just bought a large 5 (+1)* axis CNC machine (22m x 8m platform) designated for cutting and milling advanced materials (plastics & modern chemicals). I intend to use it for marine mold creation (speedboats, cruisers, sailing yachts etc.). It has already cost me more than a million euro and i don’t have the skills to make it work. I am in desperate need of assistance concerning which software would suit me BEST for what i am trying to do. That is : providing the service of CNC mold creation to local and eastern european boatbuilders that are currently working by hand, maybe a little redesign on their existing CAD designs but not full boat design. As I have already figured i am gonna need a good CAM s/w so that i can import the data to the machine after i acquire them in any CAD format. I had a Delcam, Solid Edge, alphacam and Unigraphics presentation thrown at my eyes, though as i am not skilled enough i cannot distinguish which is best for me. I am also sure that there may be a lot of thigns i should need to know before proceeding to the final purchase... Please any suggestions, comments, (words, phrases anything) are more than welcome. I am searching for personnel as well on a permanent or freelance basis. I am located in Greece if someone would like to come work here. Thank you very much in advance.

[tebisuser]

I can work for you on a freelance basis
send me a private message so we can comunicate per email
I have done a lot of work for things that you do

[big_mak]

You will find a lot of Catia guys hovering about europe! Maybe Dassault can point you in the right directions!!

[tbilalis]

Willing to assist you.

Stile mou minima sto tbilalis papaki enternet telia gr.

[tebisuser]

sorry i do not understand what you write

i can understand german english french italian spanish and romanian

[CNCRim]

Well, i think the most important is technical support..... i don't know much about Greece so I can't give you too much information. There are many good CAD/CAM system out but you can use it then it is a useless.

My best advice I can give you is take one model of your production and ask the sell man to output a program the way your machine suppose to work....... before you buy it, because demo can fool you like sellman claims their software the best and can do everything. But as soon as you put money in their pocket they start ingore your request or your help when need the most.

[tobyaxis]

Originally Posted by newtexas2006 Well, i think the most important is technical support..... i don't know much about Greece so I can't give you too much information. There are many good CAD/CAM system out but you can use it then it is a useless. My best advice I can give you is take one model of your production and ask the sell man to output a program the way your machine suppose to work....... before you buy it, because demo can fool you like sellman claims their software the best and can do everything. But as soon as you put money in their pocket they start ingore your request or your help when need the most.

Very well said!!! This is anyones best bet in selecting a CAD/CAM Package.