>@Rod, FreeCAD is already shipping with the LinuxCNC LiveCD?
Not yet, but I was planning on building a ISO with Debian Trixie now its out when I clear a couple of other tasks. And do a Youtube Video of installing LinuxCNC on Trixie. Rod On 2025-08-13 22:07, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 at 12:50, Steffen Möller via Emc-developers > <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > * G-code compatibility - what can we do to ensure that anything that > > FreeCAD generates can indeed be interpreted by LinuxCNC in an automated > > fashion? > > LinuxCNC supports splines and NURBS. As far as I know no CAM software > outputs those. > In fact, many CAM softwares don't even output arcs.... > > https://linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/gcode/g-code.html#gcode:g5 > > I am not at all clear if there is any technical advantage in > outputting splines / NURBS from a CAM other than smaller file sizes in > some cases, but that's not really of much value as most CAM G-code is > never read by human eyes and the file size is small in real terms. > > -- > 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
