#Import freecad in to cambam upgrade
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#Import freecad in to cambam software

Tried freecad but just couldn`t get into it, not sure why exactly, not intuitive to me for some reason.ДЄ couple not mentioned are Alibre atom which I tried the demo of and quite liked, I would have liked it more if I wasn`t used to fusion I think. Great for just quickly cutting templates or simple shapes as well.

#Import freecad in to cambam upgrade

It is worth its money after a few projects and the learning curve is pretty quick once you make a few things, you own it once you bought it but can upgrade versions as they improve it very cheaply if you want to, but you don`t have to. I use Vcarve for artistic stuff, engravings and inlays etc, I like the very simple (compared to fusion ) cam setup. I use Fusion 360 for furniture design type stuff, they have nerfed it a bit for the hobby licence, I am in a constant state of almost buying a licence for a year but can`t bring myself to do it because I dislike its subscription method and I worry they will remove functions and then make you buy them as plugins etc. But less choice if you don't want to pay. But you pays your money and you takes your choice. I have looked at FreeCAD and while I know that it has many supporters, I find the whole fragmented interface, variable documentation, etc, too off-putting when there are products like F360 and SE with plenty of online support and tutorials around. But I have a friend who regularly designs in SE and then exports via. However, there is no CAM in the free version.

Even more powerful and intricate than F360 (as per Cropwell's remarks above).

I'm now working with Solid Edge (note Edge not Works - different products).

#Import freecad in to cambam full

But then, if I were running a business, I would pay up for the full version. Works for me, although I wouldn't want to build a business around it. No 4th axis (doesn't worry me at the moment) there are also some restrictions around tool-changing and rapid feeds, both of which are largely overcome by a clever little add-in bit of code written by Tim Paterson. However, as mentioned above, recently they introduced restrictions in the hobby version (some say to make money but I wonder if it's more because they found too many commercial users claiming to be 'hobbyists'?) which make it less useful for some. One great thing is that the CAM module is included, and again is pretty powerful. Very powerful (at least next to something like VCarve) and much more suited to milling. At about the same time they started to limit the 'free' features I discovered Fusion 360.

#Import freecad in to cambam software

Then I dabbled with Onshape (commercial software but free for hobby users). There is a minimum level of complication that you can't really avoid but they have made it as easy as possible. The CAM side is particularly straightforward. Fairly easy to use - they have avoided a lot of the complications that more 'sophisticated' software has but they still include almost everything you need in their target market. Really good for woodwork, routers, and similar.

I started with various bits of free software but had so much grief that I sprang for Vectric VCarve.