SW/CNC for woodworking

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Dennis Deacon, Jul 7, 2005.

  1. Does anyone know of software for using SW or Gold Partner to program a CNC
    router or mill for woodworking? Several years back there was a company in
    France doing this. They sent many posts regarding this at that time.

    Regarfs,

    Dennis Deacon
     
    Dennis Deacon, Jul 7, 2005
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  2. Check with these guys. www.cadcam.net

    They know Solidworks and CAM really well. They offer a couple different
    CAM programs and might be able to help you out.
     
    rockstarwallyMYAPPENDIX, Jul 7, 2005
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  3. Dennis Deacon

    Cliff Guest

    Cliff, Jul 7, 2005
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  4. Dennis Deacon

    rmontminy Guest

    I got a call from someone at www.type3.com a couple of years ago. At
    the time she said they had a plug-in for SolidWorks.
     
    rmontminy, Jul 8, 2005
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  5. Dennis, we have a CNC router we use to cut out the wood pieces for our wood
    carts. We use SigmaNEST to program our parts. It has a Solidworks module to
    import Solidworks parts directly without converting them into a different
    format. You can also have custom properties in your part files populate the
    dialog box in SigmaNEST when you set up a part. It will even differentiate
    between configurations of a part. To make it even nicer, You can import an
    assembly file and have it look at all the parts, one after another, without
    having to go and find each part individually.

    Once I got all this funtionality set up the way we wanted it, an assembly of
    parts that used to take me anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour to setup the
    old way, now only takes me about 10 minutes.

    It works really well for us.

    Richard
     
    Richard Charney, Jul 8, 2005
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