rogerb wrote: > Could be a little of topic but I'm looking at getting a mini >mill for the shop and would like to go from drawing to tools. I run >linux on my computer and have win 2000 running under vmware.I have used >a few different softwre packages and they seem to suck (turbocad >acad,varicad,qcad).I want to use the mini mill to cut patterns so 2d >is the easiest to work with for me. Any suggestions are appreciated. > > I'm using Bobcad/CAM, and I can't really recommend it, at least the version I have. But, in fact, most of the work I do doesn't use CAD drawings. I have a bunch of little C programs I use to create the G-code for simple operations (round pocket, rectangular slot, etc.) and then splice them together if I am going to make more than one. I have some of these programs on my web page at http://jelinux.pico-systems.com/gcode.html
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