You must have to ask for these 30 free posts as I don't recall nearly that many on v9, and only one default on X2. These are just a few of the changes I would make to MPFAN. Nor do we output the tool information before each operation. It might run okay, but I sure don't want a G28U0.W0.M05 at the end of every operation no matter the model of lathe (of ours) that it would be used on.

This alone requires every post to be edited. Will any of these posts run on a lathe without some modification? Wouldn't any editing qualify it as a custom post? We have our own way of setting up the headers. They only cost if you get a CUSTOMIZED post.Sorry for not responding earlier, Mike. No, Mastercam comes with MPFAN and about 30 other posts for free NOT for $500. It was a no brainer for me, I also have an excellent reseller and support network. I bought Mastercam because I have used it for years and there was no learning cuve. That is a good thing though, competition helps drive product improvement and service after the sale. There are somany good options on cam software it can make your head spin. Just don't limit your self to one brand, test drive and see what work the best for you and the way you think and program. You may want to test drive other cam systems as well, Featurecam has a stong following, Onecnc also has a lot of users, and they just released the new XR3, Ive heard good things about the XR3. If their serious about selling the software they will work with you. The list goes on and on, just talk to you reseller and get a demo disk, or try to get a limited license so you can get actual seattime and usable code. You can also program a rotary indexer and tombstones one a horizontal with level1. That type of stuff is more involved, but can be done with level 1. Nice clean code with them, you can also use the trim toolpath with the wireframe paths and get code close close to the suface roughing toolpaths. If you need to do simple surfacing toolpaths, I use the Wireframe toolpaths. Mill level1 gets you solid toolpath verification, and other useful stuff. I bought Mill Level1 for 5k, solids add on for 1k, and price goes up from there.

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