implmex
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2002
- Location
- Vancouver BC Canada
Hi All:
I've been running Solidworks and Mastercam, then Solidworks and HSMWorks for years now, and for much of what I've done in the past I've had only trivial complaints.
But I'm getting a lot more design and machining work where the designs need to be smoothly flowing and complex free-form geometry, so I'm really knocking up against the limits of Solidworks.
Also, I want to explore digitizing hand sculpted models by probing or laser scanning them and constructing a model from them that can be machined or 3D printed.
What's the best software suite to meet these needs.
Possibles that I'm aware of:
Rhino for modeling??
Maya for modeling??
3D Studio Max for modeling??
Delcam for point cloud conversion and CAM???
Can any one of you who's doing this kind of work with non geometric shapes and especially with scanned physical models make any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Marcus
Implant Mechanix • Design & Innovation > HOME
www.vancouverwireedm.com
I've been running Solidworks and Mastercam, then Solidworks and HSMWorks for years now, and for much of what I've done in the past I've had only trivial complaints.
But I'm getting a lot more design and machining work where the designs need to be smoothly flowing and complex free-form geometry, so I'm really knocking up against the limits of Solidworks.
Also, I want to explore digitizing hand sculpted models by probing or laser scanning them and constructing a model from them that can be machined or 3D printed.
What's the best software suite to meet these needs.
Possibles that I'm aware of:
Rhino for modeling??
Maya for modeling??
3D Studio Max for modeling??
Delcam for point cloud conversion and CAM???
Can any one of you who's doing this kind of work with non geometric shapes and especially with scanned physical models make any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Marcus
Implant Mechanix • Design & Innovation > HOME
www.vancouverwireedm.com