The price is currently £204 for UK customers and $180 for US customers. There's a 50% discount on a 1-year subscription to Autodesk ArtCAM Standard when buying from the Autodesk Store () until 31st July 2017. And it would be about 8-9 years before it actually became more expensive. IF you can't afford the up front price of Aspire, you can get into ArtCAM with a much smaller up front investment. To remain current after 5 years with Aspire, you'll have paid more than 50% ($1000) more.
Roughly, every 2-3 years, an Aspire upgrade is $400.Īfter 5 years, you'll have paid $1800 for ArtCAM, and always have a current version. Maybe I should write my own product if anyone is experienced enough to actually do it then I guess I am but then again 3 years+ to do it is not particularly attractive :hurt:ĪrtCAM, with comparable features, is $360/year. Obviously they can do what they want with their product that doesn't need stating but it seems greedy from my perspective. If the pound falls then the US price should be going down not putting the UK price up, I imagine that if the pound does recover (given the present climate highly unlikely) in value they will not be reducing the UK price in fact they may even use it as a reason to put up the US price. What ever the affordability of Vectric products compared to the rest of the market is I still don't see that a 15% rise in prices (on some products more/less on others) is reasonable.Īs I said the company is based in the UK saying the UK price has gone up because of the decrease in the value of the pound is disingenuous. I am telling you- it will be 50 euros well spent, believe me on that
I can do the same in NX but it will take me an hour just to program a pocket job, that's why i have difficulty learning the CAM part of it. Especially for the reason of the trochoidal toolpaths. It has some small drawbacks and details that have to be further polished too, but nothing to worry on signmaking and general jobs. I would suggest that ESTLCAm () for 50 euro can do as much as vectric, if not more in some details as having the ability to generate trochoidal toolpaths. What exactly were you going to use Vcarve for?įusion may be good for general machining, but specialised signmaking programs like Vectric are simply way ahead for their purpose. And that's how it will be or the other scheme:pay 30-100 per month till the end of the days
That's how i think and that's how they think. And if its business, then the price of 699$ is not so big. The way i see it anything higher than 100-150 euro is not meant for hobby.