Hi all, Thank you for tons for reaching out! I am using FreeCAD and like it a lot (short intermezzo with SolidWorks).
* Andy's suggestion of a tool table synchronization sounds very good, indeed. * I am also with Rod that we could well think about syncing with FreeCAD's dynamic visualisation. Maybe part of some joint work on CAM could be to prepare parameterised models for the most common sorts of mills/lathes which would then allow to detect a different set of errors while simulating the G-code processing already from within FreeCAD? Or could any FreeCAD visualisation be embedded in the LinuxCNC Qt-based GUIs? * G-code compatibility - what can we do to ensure that anything that FreeCAD generates can indeed be interpreted by LinuxCNC in an automated fashion? I am dreaming of a set of objects for which FreeCAD obviously knows what they look like and can generate a surface mesh from them. And we would somehow trigger LinuxCNC to also generate a surface mesh from the G-code that is generated. And then there is a difference between the two that should be minimal. * Outreach - we should point to FreeCAD and its CAM from our website. And, @Rod, FreeCAD is already shipping with the LinuxCNC LiveCD? From what I observe, this mailing list is a good place for the exchange between LinuxCNC and FreeCAD. As an extra, I happen to be put in charge to have our series of video conferences restarted. May I ask you to present a demo on how FreeCAD works and the CAM with it? Best, Steffen > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. August 2025 um 12:21 > Von: rodw <r...@vehiclemods.net.au> > An: "EMC developers" <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > Betreff: Re: [Emc-developers] Building closer community FreeCAD & LinuxCNC > > I just had a browse through the Freecad docs and noticed there was a kuka > robot sim that was unmaintained. I wonder if there is scope to integrate sims > for some of our kinematics models that have vismach support? Refer to > Advanced topics in our docs. Having integrated 5 axis CAM for TCP with this > would be cool. > > > > On 2025-08-13 19:42, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 at 23:22, Brad Collette <shopinthewo...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Are you guys interested in a closer > > > relationship and exploring some joint development? Is this the best > > > place > > > to communicate? > > > > I think that it would be useful to integrate more closely. > > One thing that could be of immense value would be as system to > > automatically keep the tool tables in synch, > > > > I don't actually use FreeCAD. I know that I should, and I want to, but > > I have used Autodesk products professionally since the 1990s and it's > > hard to commit to the switch. > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
