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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: ViaCad

« on: November 28, 2008, 04:57:53 PM »

Ok, made a solid piece on my ViaCad and exported as a dwg file V12. Tried to inport into lazycam. No dice. What am I missing? Do I need a CAM program to go along with lazycam?

I'm in the trial version of Mach3...

Would I be better of to go ahead and download lazyturn? Will lazyturn digest the dwg file from ViaCad?

Yeah, I'm new, and don't understand a lot of this stuff....BUT, I will!

Thanks!

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: ViaCad

« on: November 16, 2008, 10:37:59 PM »

Thanks! Yeah, I don't think my new laptop would be a good choice. Vista done fine until the updates got to coming. It went from steady to very erratic...plus, I do have a lot of graphic stuff on it I need.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: ViaCad

« on: November 16, 2008, 03:41:44 PM »

Thanks. Been doing a lot of reading. Much more to it than I expected, but, I'm all for a challenge!

Biggest hurdle I've got to cross at this time is a computer...my new laptop has no parrel port....so, I'm researching what can be done.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / ViaCad

« on: November 13, 2008, 06:37:32 PM »

I'm totally new to the CNC world. My interests has lead me to this site.

 I have ViaCad V6 and have taken sometime with it, now I'm looking CAM. My interest is turning. I hope to pair all with Mach3 /LTurn in the future. Not looking for high dollar stuff, just a good reliable program highly compatible with the mentioned. Thanks!