Dolphin cad cam
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- #DOLPHIN CAD CAM HOW TO#
- #DOLPHIN CAD CAM FULL VERSION#
- #DOLPHIN CAD CAM UPGRADE#
- #DOLPHIN CAD CAM WINDOWS 10#
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The CAD system does most everything you'd expect from a 2D CAD system - lines, arcs, circles, rectangles, curves of various sorts, etc. Our only other CAD experience has been Generic Cadd 2D - which is now Visual CADD - so there's a steep learning curve to get used to the PartMaster way of doing things. You can squint at it and build your 2D plan and then add a third dimension "profile" to it, then merge them once you go to the CAM side. The CAD program is _NOT_ a 3D program, it's 2D. There are really two programs here (three if you count the third party CNC simulator, but we're going to hold off on that until we figure out the CAD/CAM bits) A CAD program (PartMaster CAD) and a CAM program (PartMaster CAM - duh!) We have only dabbled with it so far and we may post more reports as time goes by.
#DOLPHIN CAD CAM HOW TO#
Apparently any product development money went into adding features, and providing documentation or instructions on how to use it is an extremely low priority for the developers. It appears to be an amazing value for its under $1K price. We're a little reluctant to jump into this newsgroup pool of experienced machinists, but ya know, 'fools rush in'.įirst of all, Dolphin Partmaster may have bells and whistles that I doubt we will ever use.
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Our background is computer firmware and software engineering but we get sucked into mechanical design and prototyping when deadlines and budgets are short. We upgraded to the current version and this is a _very_ preliminary report on the product if anyone is interested.Īlso, keep in mind neither of us are real machinists - more like putterers or tinkerers who play around the edges. We continued to use the Hurco conversational programming interface and forgot about Dolphin CAD/CAM.įast forward to 2013, when Dolphin had the discount offer for their product and we had some loose change under the sofa cushions.
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We passed that information back to Dolphin and figured that was that. We did use a little of it to generate G-Code files to give us coordinates for programming the Hurco - and in the process discovered a problem with the Hurco-specific post-processing files that were supplied with Dolphin. As it turned out, the 'Conversational Programming' on our Hurco Ultimax II was sufficient to get our prototypes done and our encounter with Dolphin at that time was pretty limited. We purchased Dolphin PartMaster CAD / CAM about 12 years ago for a project that appeared initially to need more design horsepower than we thought we had available. Here is a review a co-worker posted February 2014 on alt.cnc after receiving the newest version: You can download previous versions of PartMaster V13.We got Dolphin a loooong time ago and updated in 2014.
#DOLPHIN CAD CAM FULL VERSION#
Please click the download button to download and install the full version of PartMaster V14
#DOLPHIN CAD CAM UPGRADE#
Do not install this version unless you have a V14 USB dongle, or intent to purchase an upgrade to V14. Please check you current version before downloading. Please note ! this download is for Version 14 of PartMaster, it uses a different method of license activation from V13 or earlier. Please go to the Support > Windows versions pageĮxisting customers.
#DOLPHIN CAD CAM WINDOWS 10#
Windows 10 - if you have upgraded to Win10 are are using a previous, older version of PartMaster, please ensure that any compatibility settings you that have active are removed for each Desktop icon. It is not guaranteed to work under Windows XP Please note - V14 PartMaster will run under Windows 7, 8 and 10 If you are downloading as a trial please download and install, you will have 30 days to evaluate PartMaster.