So who is curious about the change to Mastercam.
Autodesk seemed to really get this going.
I’m wondering if Autodesk cannot supply that level of CAM.
Any thoughts out there?
Mastercam tutorials have been added due to many requests. It is one of the leaders in CAM software, especially for multi-axis milling. I suspect that the Academy guru’s are sharing the best practices and MasterCam is definitely an asset found in most shops… Yes, Fusion 360 can program the 5 axis stuff also. I already see many similarities to the Mastercam process, it is more solid friendly, it seems to have mirrored many of the Solidworks, Inventor and Fusion solid modeling GUI’s.
I believe that the Master-cam is ITAR compliant.
Mastercam uses moduleworks toolpath algorithms. It does give you more options for 5 axis machining than the Fusion 360 student version. I’m talking mainly about 5 axis simultaneous machining. 3+2 between mastercam and fusion is nearly negligible.
Ironically, gibbscam also uses moduleworks too, but interacts with it a little differently. I’ve used mastercam for 4 years and am trying to figure out the gibbscam 5 axis.
Money money money! I love Fusion. I get five axis machining and mill turn for less than $500 Fusion can do crazy things also. Titan programmed the lion head in Fusion.
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I had thought the plan for Fusion 360 was the gateway drug to the other Autodesk products - like HSM add in for Inventor or SW, or Powermill or Featurecam. Titan and others like NYC CNC John are teachers of products but not employees of Autodesk. I am sure Powermill is high level like Mastercam. Fusion 360 seems very capable with 3d and multi axis
Its just a different direction for Titan and following his proven curriculum. Mastercam is a big player as well. But in my opinion they did not have Titan style tutorials where you make industry standard type stuff and also make the part.
Most of your real big shops like Lockheed Martin use high level and up stuff like Creo/Pro e or NX but we all learned on same blue collar Cam systems like Mastercam - ( me I was Smartcam ) - Surfcam - Espirit - Gibbs cam - Bob Cad - TekSoft etc.
I am a user - not a shop owner or machine owner. Most of us want to learn something that will move us up to that better job or shop. learning Fusion AND Mastercam will cover a lot of jobs out there.
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Speaking from personally using several Autodesk Software packages and other CAM softwares. Fusion is great for Cloud based and all around collaboration, 3-5 axis is good but this package is a broad spectrum for Design and Manufacture. Mastercam and Autodesk Powermill have to be the top tier for 5th axis solid model CAM software. Autodesk has so many items in their holster it seems difficult to manage all of it. Fusion being as simple looking as it is to use gives the same vibe when trying to create complex posts has me leaning to their specific PowerMill package. But why pay so much for one locked in item when Mastercam can do more.
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So who is curious about the change to Mastercam.
Autodesk seemed to really get this going.
I’m wondering if Autodesk cannot supply that level of CAM.
Any thoughts out there?
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Mastercam costs way too expensive for small shop to afford.
3 mill products, Mill Entry ($2,250), Mill ($6,000)and Mill 3D ($12,500)