Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 27

Thread: Posting What CAD/CAM You Use

  1. #1
    Junior Member m98custom1212's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    Toledo Ohio
    Posts
    20

    Posting What CAD/CAM You Use

    I have been reading through this site for about week now. Great resource!

    I think it would a great idea to post what software you use. This way it will be in one location and anyone can ask questions about that software including help and insight.

    Please Post

    How often use the Programs
    Which Version



    I will kick it off

    I use the following programs on a daily base.

    CAD:
    NX8.5 & NX9 (testing)
    Inventor Pro 2013 & Inventor Pro 2014
    Solidworks Premium 2014

    CAM:
    NX8.5 & NX9 (testing)
    HSMXpress for Inventor and Solidworks

    I will updated as you guys post

  2. #2
    go introduce yourself in the introduction section. Welcome to the boards
    Automags.org - Home of the mild mannered, helpful automag people.

  3. #3
    Welcome to the forums.

    My CAD/CAM software experience that I am most familiar with is

    Solidworks
    Tebis
    GibbsCAM

    If you do introduce yourself to the Insiders there's a whole other very interesting area of stuff to check out

  4. #4
    My CAD/CAM expeiriance is

    Autocad
    Solid edge
    NX7.0
    Inventor
    MasterCAM X5

  5. #5
    Insider Unfated33's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Charlotte, NC
    Posts
    795
    AutoCAD
    AutoCAD Electrical
    Microstation

    At this point in my job, I rarely use any of them other than to verify someone else's design work.

  6. #6
    I run
    Solidworks mainly. Everything from 2007 to 2014.
    Inventer as well. Same timeframe for versions.
    Autocad 2d

    The reason for the using the different versions is the company I work for does work for many other companies and we need to match what software version they are using.

  7. #7
    Keith, since you use Solidworks and Inventor how do you feel about them? Which do you prefer?

    I am starting to get more and more annoyed with Solidworks as I build more complex things with assemblies and sub assemblies.

    I also hear more and more good stuff about NX. Worth thinking about swapping?

  8. #8
    Junior Member m98custom1212's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    Toledo Ohio
    Posts
    20
    I prefer NX over rest, Inventor next followed by Solidworks. Solidworks gets pissed off with bigger assemblies. I start rage and want to throw the monitor.

    NX is stable fast does everything well (rendering, sheet metal, cam, cad, assemblies, routing etc. The customization is unbelievable custom menus, toolbars, commands the list goes on and on.

    But with that comes a price, My one seat of NX was over $20,000 and NX has pretty steep learning curve

    Andrew

  9. #9
    If I have used many different CAD/CAM systems over the years (including CADDS5, CATIA, AutoCAD, Alias, Delcam, Tebis, Solidworks) do you think it would still be that hard to pick up NX? I have a friend that used to work with me at Tebis that now runs NX and loves it. Hardest part if I converted fully to it would probably be post processors for my machine set ups...

    When I have spare time (lol) I am going to look into it further.

  10. #10
    Junior Member m98custom1212's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    Toledo Ohio
    Posts
    20
    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    If I have used many different CAD/CAM systems over the years (including CADDS5, CATIA, AutoCAD, Alias, Delcam, Tebis, Solidworks) do you think it would still be that hard to pick up NX? I have a friend that used to work with me at Tebis that now runs NX and loves it. Hardest part if I converted fully to it would probably be post processors for my machine set ups...

    When I have spare time (lol) I am going to look into it further.
    I have used used so many Programs I cant remember them all: Autocad, Cadkey, Albire, Featurecam, Mastercam, Solidworks, NX, Inventor, Gibbscam, Catia and Topsolid. I'm sure more I just forget them. I think NX had the longest/hardest curve of them because it's different (from anything else) some stuff is stupid simple or stuff is a pain compared to Inventor or Solidworks. I'm you wouldn't have a problem with it.

    I didn't get any training either. I just figured everything out on my own and call Siemens if I really get stuck.

    Depends on what kind of machines you have.. I have wrote my own post processors Setting up the templates isn't really fun either.

    Mazak Variaxis 600 (5 axis) and Mazak Integrex 200 (millturn)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •