The two job shops I know that used Teksoft ProCAM have discontinued it and gone to Gibbs software with good results. Solidworks is a very good 3D modeling program, and would be my choice for a 3D program. On a stepped bore, the post would pull out to the level of the first step and procede to crash through the side of the part. I was relieved when my shop started purchasing Mazak lathes about 6 years ago so I wouldn't need to use the lathe portion of the program. It still has compatibility issues with it's older versions. The new software finally became backward compatible with older drawing/cam parts at the end of May(latest revision 748). I know of 3 other shops with the same problem. I've been through 12 different printers, all the drivers, and installed the software on 5 different machines same result. Here it is August of 2002 and the program still will not allow you to print out a drawing. The latest version, ProCAM 2, was released in November of 2001. The software is always full of bugs, always has been. I have been using ProCAD/ProCAM for nine years. Metalcut RE: HELP! Which CAM software to purchase?ĪVOID the Teksoft ProCAM software like the plague. I welcome all input regarding any of these three packages. I have heard that ESPRIT's tech support is weak though. I have had all three companies in for demos and, with the expection of CAMWorks not handling our lathes, I am confident that all three packages will meet our needs. PROCam (another TekSoft package that CAN handle our lathes) will be included at no cost until CAMWorks can handle them. It has SolidWorks on the front end, excellent tool file management (Access-based), it is half the price of ESPRIT, and our tech support would be fifteen minutes away. I realize that CAMWorks does not currently support the Integrex, or our C-axis lathes, but it has many advantages that have kept it in the running. I have narrowed our choices down to ESPRIT, EdgeCAM, and CAMWorks. Finally, we do lots of 3 1/2 axis milling on horizontal machining centers. We also have a 4 1/2 axis Integrex turning center. WE have many lathes that utilize C-axis and live tooling. To date we have done all CNC programming by hand, but I have a new boss that insists we go to using CAM software. We manufacture hydrualic piston pumps in low volume. I am an industrial engineer assigned to evaluate and purchase CAM software for our plant.
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