Mastercam Solid or Solidworks?

[david]

Hi all,

 

After starting with Mastercam Version 7 Wire and working my up to Mastercam X2 MR1 SP1 Mill 3 with Mastercam Solids and doing mold tooling I have learned a lot by checking on this forum frequently.

Have been doing blow mold tooling for 5 years now. We have stepped up to Mastercam Solids on our shop floor about 6 months ago. I have modifed customers math data with it successfully. Wanting to improve my capabilities, I have asked our engineers for cad data of customers product so I can create a solid model of it.

I was wondering should my time and efforts be better invested in Mastercam Solids or Solidworks 2005?

 

Thank you for any responses,

 

David Lucas

[Guest]

IMNSHO, you would be much better off in Solidworks.

 

I do not use Mastercam Solids for anything other than some modification or creating blank stock. All of my modeling is done in Solidworks.

[gcode]

Solidworks is the way to go.

I know next to nothing about mold work, but

there are at least of half dozen aftermarket

SW add-ons designed speciffically for mold builders. Check out the

Certified Gold Parteners on the SolidWorks web page

Even if you are just using SW alone, it will run circles around Mastercam solids for designing stuff

[cadcam]

I use mastercam for all my designing but SW has allot of great tools I going to a class soon to get up to speed as I own a seat of 2007 and would like some of the extra power it offers.

 

the two go well togeather.

you can not go wrong either way.

 

 

M2C

[Gary]

We use soldworks and mastercam together. Its the best combo out there. jmo.

[jimp]

Same here use Mastercam Ver 9 & Solid works 2007 match made in heaven.

 

ATB JimP

Bonnie Scotland

[Thee Dragracer1951]

I'm yet another voice of reason.

Mastercam X2 Mill 3 and Solidworks 2007 is a hard combo to beat.

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

SolidWorks

[88Matt]

quote:

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I do not use Mastercam Solids for anything other than some modification or creating blank stock. All of my modeling is done in Solidworks.

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+1000 John

 

This combo is the only way to go.

[spork]

SW and MC

[MACHINEMASTERG]

sw and mcam here also

[crazy^millman]

Well I have used solids greatly in Mastercam and can make anything in Mastercam I have every needed with Mastercam. With that said if I had the chance to get Solidworks I would not hesitate to do so.