Ries, Thanks for the recommendation. At $5k, Pro-E is pretty spendy for my needs, but it looks like they do offer a non-commercial version for $250. Might be worth considering.
http://store.ptc.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=ptc&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&productID=107381300 Mike On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Ries van Twisk <e...@rvt.dds.nl> wrote: > > On Mar 21, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Mike Payson wrote: > >> None of these are Open Source, and non work natively with Linux, but >> since those requirements weren't mentioned in your question, only in >> the notes you linked to, I'll ignore them in my response. :-) >> >> Nobody seems to have mentioned CamBam. It has a bit of a learning >> curve, but it has a ton of power for it's price. >> http://www.cambam.info/ >> >> At work we use Visual Mill. It's very easy to use if you are coming >> from a solid model, so it works great with Alibre CAD (which is only >> $197) or another solid modeler (Rhino, Solidworks, Pro-E). You can >> also work from DXFs with it, but it loses many of it's benefits if you >> do. Visual Mill starts at $1k, but it does have a pretty good feature >> set for the price. http://www.mecsoft.com/ > > I tried cambam but found the free version very buggy, the non free > version seems to be > much more solid, I would properly buy it if it was not that there > sales website is down.. > > Pro/E has a build in g-code generator, compatible with EMS, or at > least for the 3 axis what I have been using so far. > It's extremely powerful and modifies the G-code even after the model > has been changed, parametric to the power!!! > It's does have some learning curve though, but you benefit from if if > you make the same part in different configurations (sizes or family > tables). > > > Ries > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
