Sheetcam TNG can be had to produce 2.5D g-code for EMC using dxf files. At present, I am not using emc, but am using Sheetcam and it works very well.
www.sheetcam.com Usual disclaimer. Country Bubba At 12:02 PM 7/1/2009, you wrote: >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<[email protected]> 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
