MetalworksNate

Thanks slimy!

Thanks bob!

I apologize if this seemed self promoting. I am new to the forum world. I am in no trying to promote. I was only hoping to find other people with similar approaches to mold making.

I have Featurecam 3D milling. It is fine for the code, but it's is tough for me to get the contours and shapes drawn for the mold with its cad side. It can be done but it is time consuming.

I will check that out thanks

Hey guys, I have been trying to get into makeing some custom aluminum molds for jigs,spinnerbaits, ect. I have some Cnc machines and have 3D cad/cam software for programming. I have learned while trying to design with my cad/cam software that it would be much easy to design from a strictly cad software then import the drawing into my programming software for code. Any one have any suggestions for cad software that would be cost effective and still get the job done? I have looked into solidworks, but it's a little pricey. Thanks