![]() When you download the Axiom manual, it specifically tells you it is for wood or plastic only. Unlike the Axiom machines sold on Amazon for about the same price, Avid says it is OK to cut aluminum and no-ferrous metals. I also ordered their tool probe that helps you set the tool height and find "part zero" on the work-piece when you set things up. It was a lot because I got the Avid high-speed spindle package, and the NEMA-34 motor upgrade. I paid around $9000 for an Avid Benchtop Pro mill, in the 2 foot by 3 foot size. It has many other features, but is still a 2.5-D program.īy upgrading to CAMWorks Mill, you get 3D machining, and other benefits. This gets you VoluMill adaptive high-speed milling. If you pay about $2400 or $3000 (with maintenance for a year,) you get Solidworks CAM Professional, which is the same as CAMWorks Premium. While Solidworks itself has a perpetual license, the CAM package, made by CAMWorks, will die once you stop paying maintenance. The problem is that it will only work if you are paying current maintenance on your Solidworks. In 2018 Solidworks began including a free CAM package as an add-in. Some CAM packages run inside the CAD software for a familiar look-and user interface. These are called CAM (computer-aided design) software, as distinguished from CAD (computer-aided design) packages like Solidworks, Pro-E, Fusion360, and others. There are at least a dozen software packages that do this. In order to machine parts, you have to create a G-code program that you open in the milling machine. In a classic chain of dependencies, I needed a CNC mill to make parts for my Harleys and to make parts for a 3D printer design and a design for a my own CNC mill. ![]() ![]() Solidworks CAM, CAMWorks first impression ( youtu.be/CouJH6NK6qk) SolidWorks 2018 and later has a free CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) add-in to make G-code for milling machines.
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