About the Software
CNC Turned and Milled Stainless Steel Parts
We have thousands of customers who have come to rely on our software as a reliable, cost-effective way to make custom parts. This section has answers to common questions about the software. If you do not find the answer to your question below, please see the user discussion forum which covers our CAD software and general machining and engineering issues. We encourage our customers and visitors alike to become involved in the discussion forum. For help with the discussion forum, please see the forum help section. You can also contact us with any questions that cannot be answered by the site. Thanks again for your interest in eMachineShop!
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Most CAD packages are designed to create general geometric shapes
without regard for manufacturability, price, or setting up real jobs
for ordering. The eMachineShop CAD application was designed from the
ground up to serve all those functions in one seamless
easy-yet-powerful package. If you are familiar with a popular CAD program it's understandable why
you might not want to learn another. However the eMachineShop CAD
program is much easier to learn than most. The menus are short and you
draw the same way with straights, arcs, circles, etc. It's common for
users to draw their first part in under 10 minutes! Spend a few minutes
to discover a remarkably powerful new way to design and order custom
parts. You'll be glad you did! Also see our easy video guides. |
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You can get some time on a friend's or co-worker's Windows PC, buy a
low-cost PC, use a PC at a web cafe like Kinko's or a library or run a
PC emulator. We have reports of use on Linux by running the latest
version of the Mandriva linux operating system and running eMachineShop
under the Wine emulator provided the machine has the power and graphics
support.
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Consider these tips to learn the software:
- If you are a novice computer user and spent only a few minutes in the
software give it a little more time.
- Review the online help.
- Try the easy Video guides.
- Discuss how to use the software with others and our engineers on the Forum.
- On the software menu
choose Help | Troubleshooting.
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Yes. You will need to connect to the Internet only to place your orders and to get the latest pricing file.
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Yes. We frequently update the software so it would be impractical to
distribute by other methods. If you are having trouble downloading, see the download help. |
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Currently eMachineShop can import some designs in IGES and STEP and
can import 2D DXF files. Most programs can export to one of these
formats. You may need to make some adjustments after the import.
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Yes, our software offers an excellent free CAD drawing ability useful for a variety of purposes.
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