CAD / CAM software?

[Heavy Metal]

Russ - I do all my work w/ RhinoCAD and VisualMill. I got a great deal on these a couple years back , (I DO NOT have $1600 sunk in to my software). Rhino was a "student" edition for $200 when I was working on finishing my B.S. and VM was a sale they were running but was still like $499. It's working out pretty good but haven't seen VM that low since.

I work with just VisualMill a lot of times since it is both CAD and CAM. Rhino is best for the tricky 3D solid modeling stuff.

Lot of guys use BobCad. Strange company...once they get your contact info they hound you like used car salesman which scared me off...but again...seems like a LOT of guys using it so must be OK and is CAD & CAM and can be had cheap.

Good luck and let us know what you go with and how it works out.

Joe