Mastercam Vs Bobcad

[Jim at Gentex]

OK...now that this topic is open and BobCam is thouroughly pummeled, how about Powermill vs. Mastercam?

 

My employer is seriously considering switching and I want to be able to defend my position of staying with MC.

 

Problem is, I've never used PowerMill so I can't make a reasoned argument based upon my own experience. Can someone with PowerMill experience give me the low-down here? I need something concrete that I can take to my manager and say: "Mastercam is superior to PowerMill in the following areas...A,B,C,etc..."

 

Thanks for any replies.

[gcode]

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Can someone with PowerMill experience give me the low-down here?

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Jim, do a search, Powermill has been discussed

quite a bit here.

What I got from previous posts is...

excellent for 3D surfacing toolpaths

nearly useless for everything else

[beej]

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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.

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A place I worked for back in 1994 bought a $200 seat of BobWire to run their new $250,000 charmilles. Needless to say they had problems. The wire programmer called up BobWire tech support and had the guy on speaker phone. They were going through some of the problems when the programmer said,"I'm sorry, what was your name again." and the guy sounded a dumbfounded at the question and said BOB! We could hear a baby crying in the background along with some women talking. They were at least american developed back then.

[Dan_AKA_ROY]

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A place I worked for back in 1994 bought a $200 seat of BobWire to run their new $250,000 charmilles.

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That wasn't the best decision to make. lol

 

They invest in a $250,000 machine and run it with a low level CAM program. Brilliant!

[Thee Dragracer1951]

I had the Bobcrap guy call me and tell me what a great thing it was. I told him Ok...we;ll have a race. You start programming and after the first crash, have at it again...call me when it stopps crashing. I'll be in Shipping

The bobcrap guy didn't like that much. He ain't called back either though

Jim

[beej]

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I'll be in Shipping

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ROFL

[JDowe]

A friend of mine owns bobcad and does simple

2d programming - says it work oK to create code

but last week he bought Mastercam draft to

create geometry - he is constanly being harrassed

by the bobcad sales people

[smokey_44]

I just checked out there website quickly ...LOL I found a "Refund Policy" LMAO ....LOL

 

 

HAHAHA

 

Dave