PowerMill

What do you like best?

In our project, we needed to move endpoint of the robotic arm on a curved surface and so we needed to have the path on that surface. We used Powermill to get the path. One of the good things about Powermill is also you can use it to program industrial robots. There are not a lot of Softwares that could give G-code on a non-flat surface and also could simulate how the robot can do that movement and check the possibility for the robot to do it and at the end give me the data in robot's language.

What do you dislike?

In the beginning, it was hard to use and I needed to spend a lot of time to learn how to start using it. I think it can become more user friendly and if I could find a course about how to using the software that would be awesome.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

I really recommend the software to people who want to get g-code on a curved surface. especially for those who need the data for 3d printing purposes. I searched a lot to find software which would give me a g-code and also robot code on the non-flat surface.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Producing G-code on a curved surface and use the data to program industrial robots to use the data for 3D printing purposes and use the data for industrial robots.