2007-Dec-8 - CNC Creative Design Software

I naturally gravitate to Adobe Illustrator for my CAD CAM design software.  It is only because I use other Adobe Products and like to keep all this stuff in the same family.  I do that for common look and feel as I switch back and forth. Its quite funny because with the Carvewright CNC has become mainstream. There are more DIY CNC followers than before. Also, the Compucarve Craftsman has made popularity.

It seems to me more people use Corel Draw for plasma.  There are also osome good CNC Books that can help you with this. This is just an observation and I don’t have any facts to back it up.  The reason I think this happened is that a few of the early adoptors of CNC Plasma started with Corel and then recommended it.  Both software packages work great and they have many of the same Compucarve features.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Free Software for this type of work.  Have you ever heard the saying, “you get what you pay for.”  If you are old enough, you know this is a true statement. You can also check out a CNC Router and what software will work with that. I would suggest you download a few of these and play around with them.  It can’t hurt and it will probably make you feel better when you actually buy Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw.