Inventor-ETO_Stairs-Configurator-on-the-Web.jpg' alt='Autodesk Inventor Diamond Plate' title='Autodesk Inventor Diamond Plate' />Thread whats the best software for a someone new to cnc Bob, I agree with your suggestion not to get a CADCAM setup thats unprofessional or too cheezy so as not to start off in a bad direction and as an aside, definetly have your son check out Bobs CNC Cookbook Blog website, theres alot of useful information for him there. But the Sheet. CAM program I mentioned, even though its low cost, is a solid, well designed and well supported package that sees a lot of professional use, its not in the same class with the bob level programs. In combination with a good 2. D design tool, and the free Solid. Edge and free Solidworks 2. D packages provide this, it is a solid CAMCAD setup for designing 2. D parts, which I think is a good starting point before moving to up 3. D. Ox, also thanks for pointing out the distinction between 2. D machines and 2. D design tools, the description I gave was referring to the design tools and thank god there arent very many 2. D machines around these days. I agree that the full 3. D Solidworks package is a good pick for a 3. D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D1%8B_CAD.jpg/600px-%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D1%8B_CAD.jpg' alt='Autodesk Inventor Diamond Plate' title='Autodesk Inventor Diamond Plate' />D CAD tool, in most parts of the country its the most popular one in use which would help your sons employment prospects, and as I mentioned I believe you can get a significant discount on Solidworks for educationalnon commercial usage. However, if the educational discount for Solidworks isnt that steep, see what the educational discount for the Autodesk Inventor package is. Its a nice system, some users prefer it over Solidworks. I own Inventor and I like it alot. Autodesk Inventor Diamond Plate' title='Autodesk Inventor Diamond Plate' />Bitcoin. La bolla dei bitcoin ed il sonno dei regulatorsBitcoin da 10 a 11mila dollari in poche ore. Poi cala a 9500. bolla At Metalex, we are rapidly and regularly growing our offerings of perforated materials. We strive to provide our clients with a quality product that meets their. Link Game Starcraft Gundam'>Link Game Starcraft Gundam. I believe both these packages have demo versions and you can learn alot by going through the tutorials for them and it would give your son a feeling for which one he preferred. The learning curve for both these systems is pretty steep though, so tell your son not to expect to be an expert with them after just a day or two. It took me around 2 to 3 weeks with Inventor before I felt I could do anything useful at all and then around another 2 or 3 months before I started feeling like I was really getting the hang of it. Then after around 2 or 3 years it started really sinking in how it was best to use it during the design process and I realized how much cleaner my earlier designs could have been. Its great that your son is taking an interest in machining. Ruby Tools For Visual Studio 2013. I tried to get my 2 sons involved with it but it just wasnt in the cards. Theyre good kids, but Ive learned if somethings not in their blood it doesnt work to try to force it, you have to let them go the way they want to. Actually the day when they were pretty young and I came home from the shop looking like someone had hit me in the side of the face with a hammer might have had something to do with it. When trying to quickly duck under the steel support beam of hydraulic lift I missed the duck by about 6. It staggered me but I took the 8 count and kept on going but by the time I got home I looked like Freddy Kruger and it scared the hell and I guess the shop out of them. Good luck Paul T. Power Technology.