VariCAD comments?

[Tony Alfrey]

On Sunday 29 December 2002 12:04 pm, Marvin Dickens wrote:
> I don't know anything about Varicad, but I will say this: Output file
> format is everything. If it will only output a proprietary file
> format that is only usable in Varicad, be very wary.

It outputs all the standard DXF, IGES, etc. formats for CAM.  It would 
be totally useless otherwise.
At least half the objective in a CAD package is to export the file to 
another package that will generate a tool path and then that to a 
humongo CAM-based milling machine that takes large pieces of metal in 
one end and spits out small pieces of metal at the other end, 
preferably of a shape that matches your DXF file ;-)


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