Nothing for 'free' made any sense to me. Here is a link to some software which has a good bang for the buck: http://www.vectric.com/ I do a LOT with Rhino and RhinoCam and usually run circles around the Solidworks and MasterCam folks, but there we are in a different price range. Rainer
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Wayne Patterson<way...@wavelinx.net> wrote: > Hey Guys, > I have been reading the list for a few months and I was hoping that > someone else would ask these questions or something close but no one > did. Durn! > First I'm new to EMC and CAM in general so forgive me if this is a > simple question. I know that a post processor is needed to convert CAD > files into G-code. > I have been using VariCAD for years to produce plans for my little > projects and am very happy with it. And I have run Linux for a few years > as well and extremely happy with it and do not want to use any M$ > products at all if possible. I'm using vista now because this laptop is > still under warranty. I'm sure you understand. And as soon as this > warranty period is over I'm loading up Ubuntu or Fedora. > What I want to know is: Is there a post processor to convert VariCAD > files into something that EMC2 can use and understand? > Can STEP files be used "as is"? Or is there a Linux program out there > that will do the conversions reliably? > Thanks for all your help in advance! > LennyWayne > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- _________________________________ Rainer M. Schmidt Complex Consulting LLC b...@complexllc.com Mob (646)-275-0296 VoIP (646)-233-1002 FAX (646)-435-9216 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
