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Originally Posted by Metalcrafters
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I'll just offer a counterpoint: I don't really like the conversational programming interface, at least as it appears on the machine I have access to (an EMX, I think). It's functional but has a significant learning curve and takes some time to enter anything moderately complex (all the while occupying the mill). It's a lot of data entry with limited visual cues and many ways to make mistakes. Obviously more frequent use would bring greater familiarity and speed, but even after 6 weeks of fairly intense use I feel like I'm digging a hole with a stick.
95 had to jump through quite a few hoops before we finally had access to mastercam and a working post, but it makes the mill
far more powerful and pleasant to use. So I recommend the prototrak on the strength of it being both a reasonable manual mill and a fairly large work envelope cnc mill
when coupled with dedicated CAM software. The conversational stuff surely has it's place and fans but its never lived up to the promise, in my mind.