Over the years, I have been watching for good Linux based CAD software and this one got by me. I have used LinuxCAD and now Synergy, and I mean no disrespect to them, but they seem to be a collection of powerful graphics routines brought together by a mediocre user interface. If I get time, I will need to investigate Graphite One to see if it is any better. I like qCAD, but it's limited to 2D drafting, but I find it fun when I can use it for what I am doing. The best CAD software I have used (though not Linux based) was CADAM (from IBM?). The software came with a keypad with buttons for drawing functions. Each button was lit when it became a valid input. You never had to guess what the next step was. I think, at the time, it cost something like $10k a seat (Oh, the good old days).
Kirk Wallace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 11:14 -0700, jerry wrote: > --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >My question is, is there a simple 2-d 3-d cad program with DXF or > >suchoutput I can feed into EMC for toolpath generation? > > >EMC doesn't take DXF, it takes RS-274D, also known as G-code.DXF is > >good to move a drawing from one CAD system to another, but it leaves > >so much info out of the transfer that it causes a number of > problems. > > >I know that, but it is easy to use a dxf to G-code converter. > > > Check this program out, just found it yesterday: > http://www.graphiteone-cad.com/ ... snip ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
