Originally Posted by
shadowvoice
Yes I do own real machining shop with VMCs controlled by Siemens. And our major buz is all kinds of moulds and oddly shaped 3d parts.
In worst time I had to spend up to 5 hours just to import IGES into VisualMill. Therefore I was forsed to go for VM for SW. This solved import geometry problems.
Surprises: yes and no. Whole programm is a surprise and full of unperformed promises. At few cases it skips G00 in output gcode. That results mashine to move across whole workpiece in idioticly slow speed... People are complying abt tool diameter compensaton since 2006 and - its not fixed yet, etc. In general where is no documentaton and existing one looks to be created by pre-graduated kids.
My conclusion is: its not a tool, but a toy. May be suitable for lowtech hobby workshop, but not for pros.