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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: greg2fs on October 18, 2014, 02:10:59 PM

Title: Which cam soft for 4 axis simultaneous milling with mach3 ?
Post by: greg2fs on October 18, 2014, 02:10:59 PM
Hello, I'm using solidcam for 3 axis milling but there's no mach3 post processor for 4 axis. THen which program can I use ?
Thanks
Title: Re: Which cam soft for 4 axis simultaneous milling with mach3 ?
Post by: LGF on October 30, 2014, 08:34:55 AM
greg2fs

I am currently looking at CamBam, it claims to be able to control the 4th axis, but I have yet to test this claim. I just have a slight issue (most probably operator fault, by default) in that I cannot get the G-code produced in CamBam to load to Mach even with M<ach set as the post processor in CamBam.

It also seems very affordable (think it's 149$) as opposed to cam's like BobcadCam, way over my entire years earnings, so I could never afford that.

Title: Re: Which cam soft for 4 axis simultaneous milling with mach3 ?
Post by: jkovar on November 03, 2014, 10:02:11 AM
DeskProto does 4th axis work well.  Hobby license is about $350.
Title: Re: Which cam soft for 4 axis simultaneous milling with mach3 ?
Post by: ozymax on November 03, 2014, 05:57:14 PM
I use either Vcarve Pro or Aspire for my 4th axis work.
They are both Vectric programs.
http://www.vectric.com/index.html