Mastercam Vs Bobcad

[bhayden10]

Funny, I had a Bobcad salesman call me yesterday and try to tell me that he knew of alot of places that had mastercam and used Bobcad for thier "easier parts" because it was so much faster to program in 2d. You can get the program, free support and lifetime posts for less that 2 years maintenance.....

ahhhh, no thanks.....

[Kannon]

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I had a Bobcad salesman call me yesterday

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Just once?

I had one call me almost 2 times a day for a week!

I told him it was border line harrassment!

[desmotom]

bobcad goldwaite

[Hardmill]

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I had one call me almost 2 times a day for a week!

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Thats horrible, did Iowa shut down cause you were using "THE PHONE"

I know you guys got 2, but the other is fer 'mergencys.

 

 

PEACE

[Dan_AKA_ROY]

I played around in Bobcad a few years back. I lasted almost a day. Really, if you're serious - Bobcad is a joke. As for 'easier 2D toolpaths' - baloney! Bobcad is so simple its hard [what's that supposed to mean? I confused myself!]

 

You can get a seat of Bobcad for CHEAP. But you get what you pay for.

 

A Bobcad salesman years back asked "who needs shaded surfs anyway".

[Steve Zirtzman]

Pete,

Bobcad vs Mastercam? That's like Ferrari vs FIAT!

[Dan_AKA_ROY]

As for 2D toolpaths - mastercam is LIGHTENING FAST.

[beej]

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Thats horrible, did Iowa shut down cause you were using "THE PHONE"

I know you guys got 2, but the other is fer 'mergencys

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got tired of climbing the pole to answer it I'll bet.

[Rick Henrickson The Boeing Co.]

more like ferrari vs scooter

[beej]

I actually used Bobcad once and figured out how to draw in it. problem was everytime I started a new drawing I had to erase the pencil marks off of my monitor.

[Slepydremr]

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Bobcad vs Mastercam? That's like Ferrari vs FIAT!

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How about Fiat vs Ferrari vs F1

[Kannon]

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got tired of climbing the pole to answer it I'll bet

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the ol arm gets tired when having to do those long distance calls with our new phone

[DaveR]

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Fiat vs Ferrari vs F1

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Holy smoke what a great video.

[Guest SAIPEM]

BobCAD supposedly has been rewritten from the ground up for Version 22.

It's a safe bet that BobCAD development isn't being done in the U.S by people with a manufacturing background.

BobCAD doesn't use a post-processor.

It uses a code generator.

 

OneCNC is a step up but that's not saying much.

 

That said, BobCAD will NEVER be able to machine parts that Mastercam does routinely in Mill & Lathe Level 1.

Mastercam devlopment is done in the U.S by people who actually have a manufacturing background.

The choice seems obvious to me.

[MATT Q]

That F1 burn out was awesome

[Brandon Walker]

haha I bet theres people on here who could Gcode/macro b program by hand faster and better than bobcad. let alone what mastercam could do....

[crazy^millman]

Well thatis some funny sh?t. Ithinkthe F1 to the Fiat might not even be fair for a comparsion between the 2 programs. I call it bob crap and ifyouwantto make crap you but crap you want to compete intoday's global economy go with a wold class program.

 

Bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhcaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad is more like it.

[Midwest]

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got tired of climbing the pole to answer it I'll bet. [big Grin]

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[Kannon]

Midwest...

heres your sign!

[gcode]

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Well thatis some funny sh?t.

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How about Mastercam vrs ProE???

[Kannon]

Pro E MUCH easier cause when I import it into Mastercam it always seems to be in teh wrong plane!

[crazy^millman]

Well PRo-E has its place for modeling. But from what I have seen of the NC side Mastercam is a hellll of alot easier and more functional. I am still getting my feet wet with Pro-E and the easiest of task in Mastercam are like pulling teeth so far in PRO-E. I mean after 3 weeks of Mastercam I was doing some pretty trivk stuff 3 weeks of PRO-E and I think I finally got a grasp on skelton models for assemblies.

 

You want to modify a post for PRO-E lolololololololololololol is the long and short of it for what I can seen and heard from the others. I take what I have been given for the last 3 weeks to do and could have done in 4 days on Mastercam. So trying to just get the hand of it.

[Bruce Caulley]

ONECnc sold their 1998 vintage interface to bobcad.

[Kannon]

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I have seen of the NC side Mastercam is a hellll of alot easier and more functional.

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do a lead in lead out in nc and compare it to the ease of mastercam.

Mastercam blows em out of the water!

went through training for Nc and couldnt believe the extra you had to do for a simple lead in lead out.

[John13]

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Thats horrible, did Iowa shut down cause you were using "THE PHONE"

I know you guys got 2, but the other is fer 'mergencys.

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