Jon Elson wrote: > Peter Skerda wrote: >> Dear Friends, >> >> As a senior citizen I'm in need of some enlightment in this area. For >> example I currently have a small CNC Sherline BDI - EMC machine mill. >> Here's the situation as best I can input it. This is my first attempt at >> cnc. Been trying to find some good cost effective cad & cad/cam jewelry >> design software that will give 3d & up to 4 axis design. >> >> Come across more window based software than linux. I think our linux >> community will eventually take care of this, maybe it has already but I >> haven't discovered where??? right now I haven't much choice. > I use VMware so I can run Windows programs on a Linux system. > It does require a valid Windows license and install disk. I run > Win2K Pro as a guest OS under Linux. I have not tried VMware > under the Ubuntu system, but I think they now have a compatible > version. I run Bobcad/CAM for mechanical CAD-CAM (not great, > but I bought it and figured out how to use it) as well as some > heavy-duty electronic CAD programs this way. VMware has a trial > version.
There are also free (as in cost) alternatives to VMware like VirtualBox. Search for virtual machines and linux. Andy -- Andy PGP Key ID: 0x67090A54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
