I am an Welding/Metal Fabrication Teacher in Texas and currently I have a PlasmaCam. I have used Torchmate CAD/CNC and twiddled in Inkscape, but I am trying to find a reasonable Design program. I have looked at Plasmacam DesignEdge for two grand and they don't have a special price for schools.
Does anyone know of a reasonably priced ($200 - $800) CAD program that I could design in and export the dxf into the plasmacam?
Any comments would help.
Thanks,
CNC CAD Software?
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CNC CAD Software?
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Re: CNC CAD Software?
Have you looked into DraftSight? Its a free open source CAD program that works similarly to AutoCAD. It may be just what you need to get started.
http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/overview/
http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/overview/
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Re: CNC CAD Software?
I use CorelDrawx4 to draw. I know CorelDrawx5 is out now and alot of ppl really like it.
That might be an option too.
That might be an option too.
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Re: CNC CAD Software?
I'm a little late to the show here, but I use Turbocad and I picked it up for less than $50. It is really powerful software for both 2D and 3D.
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Re: CNC CAD Software?
I agree with minnfatz TurboCad is all I use now--MSRP 129.99..got mine at office max.. I work it better than my vector drawing programs and for rendering in 3-D, its pretty cool; its great for the money.
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