--- On Wed, 10/29/08, Kirk Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Kirk Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] BRL-CAD
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
> <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:50 PM
> On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 11:12 -0700, ulises barrera wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Oct 2008
> > Kirk Wallace wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Is anyone using BRL-CAD to make parts? BRL-CAD
> appears to not make
> > >g-code, is there something that can be used to
> make g-code from BRL-CAD?
> > >
> >
> > Hi Kirk.
> >
> > I am using Freemill to postprocess STL format files
> exported
> > from Blender, so if BRL-CAD can export to STL or
> another format
> > supported by Freemill you can give it a try. Runs ok
> under Wine
> > in ubuntu.
> >
> > www.mecsoft.com/Mec/Products/FreeMill.shtml
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Ulises
>
> It seems a little strange to use a 3D animation tool for
> CNC, but if it
> works, what the heck. Do you have a procedure for creating
> documentation? I'm not wild about using Wine, but
> I'm a Linux snob. I do
> like the idea of separating the creation and processing of
> the 3D files.
> It seems to be more flexible. Thanks for the information.
> I'll study
> your leads (Blender, FreeMill)
>
> Kirk
Well maybe what i am doing is not exactly adecuate for what you need,
but here it is anyway:
I built a 3D wood router to engrave signs and images and use the
image-to-gcode script from emc to generate them but I found that
sometimes i need to scale or smooth the image, so i look for other
options and found that Blender can create a 3D relief from an image
and do the other things but can't generate G-Code, that's where
Freemill enters to fill the gap.
The process goes like this:
Generate a 3D Mesh in Blender and export it to STL format.
Open the STL file with Freemill enter the various parameters
as you need and finally select the general postprocessor
and you have a EMC compatible G-Code file.
Hope that this helps to what you need.
Regards.
Ulises
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