Unsure why MeshCAM and/or Carbide Motion is causing problems [SOLVED]

Hi Tshulthise

I have a friend that has tried to learn Mastercam, he programs robotic limbs for a day job and is fluent with CAD and several different programming languages but still found it an absolute mission. I have another friend who is a machinist with his own shop who spent months learning to program basic parts for his CNC mill on the $3,000 CAM package that is integrated into it.

I am good at CAD (Solidworks) too but as Randy and mbellon can probably attest I have sub-par intelligence and a very poor sense of humor but I made this little box My first real project 100% made on the Nomad - what do you think? as a first project on Meshcam and the Meshcam part of it probably only took a couple of hours to get my head around. There was a couple questions I asked/researched on this forum and a little bit of trial and error and generating simulations of the g-code it produced but for the most part I think it’s pretty user friendly compared to other options.

I really hope you don’t give up, as has been said already CNC is not 3D printing, it’s a bit more tricky, but you get real usable parts and it’s more rewarding.

Good luck and keep on the forum, it’s really helpful.