TurboCAD and Mach3

[SkipWill]

Blumpie,

I am considering getting the cam plugin for turbocad (I have until 1/31/8 to get it for $199). Have you had any luck with turbocad's cam plugin and EMC2?

Thanks,

Skip
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[jmdelta]

I use TurboCad/Cam (v12) with Mach3 for both my (mini/micro) lathe and mill. For the most part, I really like it. One of the best things is that the Drawing and Gcode setup are in the same file. The actual gcode is saved to a seperate file, but I don't have to convert the drawings to dxf like I do with partmaster. What I don't like about turbocad/cam are some of the paths it creates. It mills a LOT of air and on the lathe, it seems to cut curves backwards. Finding postprocessor setups for Mach3 Mill and Lathe was impossible. In the end, I just worked on them until I figured out what worked on each. Note: Turbocad/cam will not do an A axis. It only does 2.5d milling. It can not rotate a round object while it cuts. I use Partmaster for that and only that. I hate partmaster, but I needed a 4th axis.

[SkipWill]

Thanks jmdelta!

I will go ahead and order it this week. I just upgraded from Turbocad 10.2 to 14.2 so I guess I will go the whole route and save some $$$ while i am at it.

Skip
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[iccirvr]

As a newbie to cnc I have been looking for cad program to go alond w/ my cnc bridgeport. If any body can advise me I would appreciate it. My goal is to draw my part and have it converted to G code for the Mach 3 Mill. I was thinking of using a flash drive to hold the programs.
Vinnie

[STUGOD]

Originally Posted by servoencoder I have attached a simple text drawing, I am using v 1.83.027 mach3, and never seen lazycam. This mach3 was given to me to try out and what's got me interested in CNC. well I'd prefer to use the software i'd already have but maybe I can be steered towards something better here's what I have: servo motors turbocad - very accustomed to would like 2.5 D milling with servo software feedback altera fpga

i got lazy cam from cnet as free download but could not get it to work with turbo cad v15 pro got download rhino cam with cam plugin got it to work by turning t cad files into dxf a bit fiddley instead of selecting with left mouse button click with right explore and then open with rhino ps got a freebie website trial put some welding and cnc bits on it its all lower case www.smgdesign.net type in top browser at http will get you straight there best regards from the uk stugod

[STUGOD]

i am using v 15 turning files into dxf,s and sending to rhino with rhino cam 2 plugin using in demo mode at the moment i got free prog simplycam from cnet(download.com) it,s real easy to use prog. it has a few simple images you can vectorize images edit the profiles i got the hang of it in acouple of hours. ps got a free trial website all lower case got some cool tcad stuff on cnc controler gas axe welder etc any way have a butchers www.smgdesign.net type in top browser at http will get u straight there

[dgapilot]

jmdelta,
You state that you are using TCC with Mach3 on both your lathe and mill. Care to share your machine setup info from TCC so we have a starting place to work from? I've just started, and I keep having to hand edit the code to make it work in Mach.