Ideas for software

[saarela]

Hi

I'm a math guy looking for new software to develop..

What kind of a CAM program would you write if you were doing one from the ground up? Can you think of features that are missing from today's CAM software?

[etzz]

Not CAM related, but if I were a math guy looking for software to write, I think I would take a crack at the PCB autorouter market. There has been a lot of consolidation in that market, and there are only a couple really good packages (extreme $$). Take a look at www.connecteda.com for one of the new upstarts. Much of what is available is marginally useful.

Seems like there is already a saturation in the low end CAM stuff.

Regards,
Eric

[saarela]

Yes I'll need to look at that, thanks etz.

What do you think about 5 axis optimizers, is there still room for improvement in making them more automatic?