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LazyCam (Beta) / Can't find Lazy Cam

« on: May 21, 2006, 01:07:13 AM »

I'm a total beginner when it comes to CNC but I managed to build my own cnc router and I've been hammering my way through the setup of Mach 3, frying my brain learning some basic autocad, and pulling out my hair trying to figure out the best way to get a basic design from autocad turned into proper g-code and into Mach.  I can "do" it, but the code generally needs a bunch of tweaking.  I'm trying to find something that is intelligent enough to cut out centers before the outside, figure out cutter offsets, drill holes, nesting, etc.  I wanted to give lazy cam a look and all the docs I've read say it comes with the Mach 3 download, but the only thing I seem to get is Mach 3.  I haven't purchased Mach 3 yet because frankly I'm too much of a newbie at this point to determine if it's the best product for me or not.  It "seems" to fit the bill as far as I can tell but I'm just not ready yet to commit.  I was hoping Lazy Cam would give me that more or less seemless integration between CAD and Mach but as of now I don't have a clue.  Can someone point me to the program, or have I misunderstood and purchasing Mach is a prerequisite?