Oh.. and free
CNC Guru
In particuar I am looking for a TurboCAD (.TCW) file viewer
Oh.. and free
Oh.. and free
CNC Apprentice
This company offers what I think may be a well featured 2D CAD, I am learning to use it at the moment! But it does not appear to have .TCW extension capability. However it is free so if you can get your TurboCad drawings into DXF or DWG you may be able to use it. www.DoubleCAD.com
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Found this while trying to find out if eDrawings (Solidworks free 2D CAD) had a plugin for TurboCAD:
https://dwg-view.software.informer.com/downloads/
https://dwg-view.software.informer.com/downloads/
Hi,
I'm fairly new to CNC, as in I've only ever used a microrouter with techsoft 2D design. Is there a "best" design software that you guys use?
I have just acquired a Microrouter from a school and have 2D Design in place. (not that I can get my router working yet, RS232 issues, but I will!!!!)
Thanks
Jay
I'm fairly new to CNC, as in I've only ever used a microrouter with techsoft 2D design. Is there a "best" design software that you guys use?
I have just acquired a Microrouter from a school and have 2D Design in place. (not that I can get my router working yet, RS232 issues, but I will!!!!)
Thanks
Jay
CNC Guru
Hi Jay,
I use 2DDesign in school, it is great for 2D or 2.5D (following paths with varied depths) It is straight forward, has a great 'help' or Tutorial as it is designed for kids in schools I have been using it for 20yrs now! For importing into VR5 you just need any program that can export as DXF files really, .
If you fancy doing true 3d profiles you need something that can export as STL files which can then be imported in to QuickCAM Pro to work out the machining files for use with VR5. When machines like the Microrouter made a big move into schools the common program was Pro Desktop (baby version of Pro Engineer) long since superseded. You might be able to get Autodesk Inventor as they have been doing a 'free' version provided you can meet certain criteria (non commercial use etc).
Pete
I use 2DDesign in school, it is great for 2D or 2.5D (following paths with varied depths) It is straight forward, has a great 'help' or Tutorial as it is designed for kids in schools I have been using it for 20yrs now! For importing into VR5 you just need any program that can export as DXF files really, .
If you fancy doing true 3d profiles you need something that can export as STL files which can then be imported in to QuickCAM Pro to work out the machining files for use with VR5. When machines like the Microrouter made a big move into schools the common program was Pro Desktop (baby version of Pro Engineer) long since superseded. You might be able to get Autodesk Inventor as they have been doing a 'free' version provided you can meet certain criteria (non commercial use etc).
Pete