Being new to the CNC world, I am in CNC kindergarden.
I am using an older laptop with windows 7. The company I purchased my CNC front suggested Universal G Code Sender. It is not compatible, I then used Vtransfer from my CAD software vender, Vectric. It did not go back to “Z” for a tool change. i had to close out and re home everything for the next tool hoping everything would match up.
I downloaded and tried Mach 3, when I opened the program, my computer shut down. It was not compatible either.
I then downloaded another CAM program called, Source Rabbit. It would not home the machine, and did not use all of my work surface. I dug around in the software to try and change the work area size, but was not successful.
My question is, can anybody recommend a CAM program that has a homing sequence, goes back to set “0” for a tool change and reset “Z”?
The laptop I am using is clean, and runs good, operating system is Windows 7, 32bit.
Any help would be deeply appreciated.
I am using an older laptop with windows 7. The company I purchased my CNC front suggested Universal G Code Sender. It is not compatible, I then used Vtransfer from my CAD software vender, Vectric. It did not go back to “Z” for a tool change. i had to close out and re home everything for the next tool hoping everything would match up.
I downloaded and tried Mach 3, when I opened the program, my computer shut down. It was not compatible either.
I then downloaded another CAM program called, Source Rabbit. It would not home the machine, and did not use all of my work surface. I dug around in the software to try and change the work area size, but was not successful.
My question is, can anybody recommend a CAM program that has a homing sequence, goes back to set “0” for a tool change and reset “Z”?
The laptop I am using is clean, and runs good, operating system is Windows 7, 32bit.
Any help would be deeply appreciated.