![]() and you have to start from scratch, buy posts, prove them off, learn the software, machine downtime for minor and major errors.and a lot of stuffed parts Your only cost may be only getting onto "Maintenance" for Mastercam and any 3rd party add-ons or convertors ( STEP is standard )( Catia V4/5 is still 3rd party) Jump to up X4MU3, screen layout is a little different, more icons on the toolbar, both your choices and available strategies have grown. Plus you guys know Mcam, what to use, when to use, and where to find it. It is a simple proceedure for the reseller to have these stepped up to the X family Your 5ax posts for the machines are already paid for and proven. We did look at Hypermill when we upgraded to V9 and didn’t think it offered any more than Mastercam, but that could have been the salesman.Īny experience of CATIA interface/translators would also be interesting as a lot of our customers design in CATIA.Īny comments would be greatly appreciated. What are people’s thoughts and opinions of the various 5 axis Cam packages? I have always found Mastercam itself adequate from the programming side of things but have found the posts to be lacking at times. I think we would struggle to get a post for V9 and although I have quite successfully modified posts I don't think I could write one completely, time as much as anything. ![]() This leaves us with three options, get a post for V9 upgrade to the latest version of Mastercam or look at something different. Due to various reasons we didn't update to X but are now looking at purchasing 1 or possibly more new 5 axis machines, for which we will need posts. Initially with V8 then V9, we are currently running the last MR for V9. We have used Mastercam for the last 8 years to program them. ![]() The company I work for manufacture aircraft components we currently have 4, 5 axis machines used almost exclusively for continuous 5 axis profiling and drilling. I've read with interest some of the comments already posted on this sort of question. ![]()
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