Differences/recomendation excalibur and ONECNC

[SRT]

HFD,
Thank you, I've got an Excalibur CD on the way.
The Excalibur download didn't say 7.0, but rather XCAD/XCAM, so I don't know if the download is "the real deal" or if it is like the 1 CNC Mill Demo was (without the XP series update). Question, what does AFAIK stand for?

[HuFlungDung]

AFAIK = geek talk for "as far as I know"

[HomeCNC]

Can Shop Floor be upgraded to handle 3D machining like the full Excalibur?

[John F]

HomeCNC

AFAIK
(did I do that right?)
But if you know you need 3d machining why not purchase it up front?

[HomeCNC]

Because I'm very close to winning the contest for Shop Floor

[CNCadmin]

Originally posted by HomeCNC Because I'm very close to winning the contest for Shop Floor

You got that right! Are you going to do a review on it for us?

[MPE racing]

Did you get the Excalibur Demo. How are you going with it?

When I first used it I was a bit stumped as I was used to AutoCAD. But now I love it.

One thing to watch. If the Angle button is on which is like an ortho button, it can do some funny things. just make sure it is is off unless you want to draw lines at defined angles.

One thing I do like is the Transform button, which drops down to sub-menus of move and copy. Then you select the one you want. I like this feature. Just a small thing but good.

Another good button is in the tools drop down. The second from the top is entity properties. With this, you can select an entity, and change the things like start and finish points, length, diameter etc. I know all packages have this, it's just nice to know what they are called and where it is.

There is a flyout button which has all the best mdify tools on it. It has things like offset, trim, stretch, break etc.
Because I use these buttons all the time, I've taken each button and added it to the main menu so they are all on my screen all the time. This way I don't need to wait for the flyout and move to the one I want. This is handy I find.

Keep us up to speed on how you are going

Greig
MPE

[SRT]

MPE,
I'll be loading it, to take a look tomorrow morning.

[MPE racing]

I reckon we'll see HFD running Excalibur soon too.....!!!!....LOL

Greig

[HuFlungDung]

Originally posted by MPE racing I reckon we'll see HFD running Excalibur soon too.....!!!!....LOL Greig

Not likely very soon, Greig. Maybe if I hadn't already spent my money, I would work the demo harder I just want to get a glimpse of what is going on in some of the other camps.

I'm still really enthused about OnecncXP. I actually think that OnecncXP has lifted a fog of confusion from my mind over how CADCAM software ought to work.

That is not saying that Excalibur is bad, because I don't actually know, but it looks harder to learn.

I'll be interested to hear the upcoming testimonials from the new users of Excalibur.

[MPE racing]

I did put LOL at the end though.....

I'm like you are with OneCNC.....I think Excalibur is the easy to use and just great. Don is very helpful and that is a real selling point to me. Plus I have my mate in Canada I can bounce ideas off and exchange drawings with now.

Greig

[HuFlungDung]

Greig, I was not at all offended by your comment, and yes, I did see your "lol".
All is well