![]() That can be very handy when machining pockets in tough materials. One plugin by the user JK does do 2D trochoidal tool paths with a spiral to depth. Where you get a constant engagement tool path. It doesn't have any in built capability to do true HSM machining. Tool paths are either horizontal, vertical, or waterline. If I need to make something simple like an adjustable bearing carrier I do the whole thing in CamBam. In fact I almost never do purely 2D/2.5D jobs in ViaCad anymore. Even thread milling is a native function. Its not full featured like ViaCad, but I have not yet run across a 2.5D project I couldn't do with it. Even the user plugins have only added a number of simple tools. As far as creating 3D elements CamBam is very rudimentary at best. All the power users and most of the capable plug-in creators are using the alpha release. STP files has been implemented in the alpha release. STL files at this time although a limited capability to work with. At this time CamBam is a one time fee with unlimited upgrades for life. Its very flexible, and there are dozens if not hundreds of user created plug-ins and scripts that can be used with it. ![]() It started out and is still mostly a CAM program. Now there is the rather likeable bastard step child in the room. I would go so far as to recommend against it for a CAD solution, but many people already own it. Now the thing is you can configure it with grid, ruler, click to, etc to make it tolerable to use for simple CAD work. In its default installation state its total garbage for real CAD work. The big thing though since we are comparing to Draftsight is that it is just one (1) click to change from a 3D environment to a purely 2D environment. I've been using Version 9 64 bit for a couple years and its powerful. For me ViaCad was more intuitive to learn than anything else I worked with. It has some CAM capabilities that create faster more efficient code than some of the other CAM software I use. I do use Fusion, but usually only for CAM. (Their real pro product is called Shark) I've been using ViaCad on an everyday basis for all of my 3D work for several years. I would like to mention ViaCad 2d/3d Pro. It seems to be a very 3D environment to me. Is FreeCAD capable of being setup as a 2d environment for that sort of work? I use it for some of its mesh handling capabilities to try and salvage the entity when a customer sends me a garbage 3D mesh.
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