On Mar 21, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:50 , Jeshua Lacock wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I have been trying to find a decent open source CAD and CAM solution. >> >> FreeCAD looks very promising and it appears that Dan Falck got opencamlib at >> least crudely working with it. >> >> Is any one using FreeCAD/opencamlib to make any actual cuts? >> >> Other than that, can anyone recommend a simple open source solution for >> generating G-code? If not open source, how about it at least run on Ubuntu >> 10.04? >> >> I appreciate all comments and suggestions! > > > I've made parts with FreeCAD and PyCAM. FreeCAD is pretty great, PyCAM still > has a ways to go. > > If you are going to use PyCAM, clone their git repo on Sourceforge, don't use > their latest published deb, it's out of date. > > I feel sanguine about Dan Falck's FreeCAD + OpenCamLib.
Thanks Sebastian. I had forgot about PyCAM - it looked promising last time I gave it a shot, but IIRC it was crashing last time I tried it. Will give her a whirl. Best, Jeshua Lacock Founder/Engineer 3DTOPO Incorporated <http://3DTOPO.com> Phone: 208.462.4171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
