Volumill is kind of like your little Auntie's car which will also get you to the same places if time is not a concern. HSM Adaptive has a great big engine and a well tuned chassis and great easy to use steering. Ford or Chevy or Brand x comparison? What gets you to the end of the drive fastest and with ease of driving and comfort along the way is the winner in my book. Volumill lost every time and often by significant margins. In other words an exact apples to apples comparison. Same VF4 same Helical end mills same part same material same feeds and speed. This thread popped up in my email today and I want to respond.Ī little over one year ago I had current seats of CAMWorks for Solid Edge with Volumill 3D and HSM with Adaptive 3D. Is he getting some value with Gibbs that I am not seeing that is worth the extra expense?ĭisclaimer: I have recently been able to get Inventor with HSM and am pretty impressed with what I am able to turn out, thus my suggestion. He brags about his Volumill and thought there was no way that a $1500 program could compare. Plus he would have a great parametric modeling program with Inventor. I politely suggested that he look into getting Inventor LT and get HSM Express and have the same capabilities (for 2.5d) for about $1500 one time cost or $450 annually (right now that have a special on that) If he needed multi axis he could by the full HSM works for $10k, still way ahead of where he is now. I was recently talking to a fellow shop owner about his Gibbs and he was telling me about all of the costs associated with it (well north of 20k plus all of the annual fees) plus he is looking at an upgrade to more capabilities. Can anyone explain the difference between these two strategies (if there are any)?
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