implmex
Titanium
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2002
- Location
- Vancouver BC Canada
Hi All:
I tried HSMWorks Turning back in 2015 and found it to be the biggest piece of shit known to man.
(HSMWorks for Milling was great, but Turning sucked donkey balls).
Now Autodesk has bought HSMWorks and made it their very own in Fusion 360, as everyone knows.
I have to make a CAM recommendation for a company that is buying 5 axis milling and 2 axis turning capability.
Problem is most of the users will be novices. (engineers, not machinists)
I'd like to recommend Fusion 360 for their milling because it's pretty simple and adequately powerful, but I know nothing about whether Autodicks ever bothered to improve Fusion 360 for turning.
Last time I checked, as of 2020 the complaints were still pretty heated.
Did Autodesk ever get up off their fat duffs and actually do something to address the user complaints or is it still the same POS it was back when it was still HSMWorks?
The other option I'm considering is Mastercrap...I'd like to stay with a unified platform if I can, and Mastercam is harder to get decent at in my opinion (I've used both) but the turning, although still nothing to write home about in the ancient version I've run (Mastercam 8 from 1999) is still a lot better than HSMWorks ever was for turning.
Which would you choose and why?
(My own solution has been HSMWorks for milling and FingerCam for turning because I use so many custom tools, and turning programs are all pretty small and simple compared to milling programs).
In addition, they want to get a Haas CL-1, and I understand it has a decent conversational control.
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Cheers
Marcus
Implant Mechanix • Design & Innovation > HOME
Vancouver Wire EDM -- Wire EDM Machining
I tried HSMWorks Turning back in 2015 and found it to be the biggest piece of shit known to man.
(HSMWorks for Milling was great, but Turning sucked donkey balls).
Now Autodesk has bought HSMWorks and made it their very own in Fusion 360, as everyone knows.
I have to make a CAM recommendation for a company that is buying 5 axis milling and 2 axis turning capability.
Problem is most of the users will be novices. (engineers, not machinists)
I'd like to recommend Fusion 360 for their milling because it's pretty simple and adequately powerful, but I know nothing about whether Autodicks ever bothered to improve Fusion 360 for turning.
Last time I checked, as of 2020 the complaints were still pretty heated.
Did Autodesk ever get up off their fat duffs and actually do something to address the user complaints or is it still the same POS it was back when it was still HSMWorks?
The other option I'm considering is Mastercrap...I'd like to stay with a unified platform if I can, and Mastercam is harder to get decent at in my opinion (I've used both) but the turning, although still nothing to write home about in the ancient version I've run (Mastercam 8 from 1999) is still a lot better than HSMWorks ever was for turning.
Which would you choose and why?
(My own solution has been HSMWorks for milling and FingerCam for turning because I use so many custom tools, and turning programs are all pretty small and simple compared to milling programs).
In addition, they want to get a Haas CL-1, and I understand it has a decent conversational control.
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Cheers
Marcus
Implant Mechanix • Design & Innovation > HOME
Vancouver Wire EDM -- Wire EDM Machining