Just to throw my two cents in, in addition to there being very few cam
solutions, there are even fewer that do lathe profiling. The ones that do,
it's listed as experimental or seems "thrown in".
Ian
On Mar 21, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Greg Bernard wrote:
> What sort of work are you planning to do? In the Windoze world there is
> CamBam (about $150 for the latest version, free for the old but still usable
> version) I could not get it to run under Wine. I just recently bought
> Vectric V-carve Pro which runs well on Wine. It will do any 2.5 D work and is
> excellent for artistic type stuff. I am VERY pleased with it. Price is $599.
> They also have Aspire which does full 3d but is out of my price range at
> $2000. It is a very nice piece of software however.
>
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Jeshua Lacock <jes...@3dtopo.com>
>> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation
>>
>>
>> On Mar 21, 2012, at 1:24 PM, dave wrote:
>>
>>>> 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 think Dan is off using HeeksCAD as the easiest free solution.
>>>
>>> On the $$ side I use synergy from weber systems. The drafting is free,
>>> cam for 2.5 D is $250. IIRC, wireframe is $750 and full solids
>>> (parasolids) is $1250. The learning curve is interesting but possible
>>> even for a dummy like me. Google 'synergy cad' to get a web site.
>>> They have a 30 day trial of the full meal deal.
>>>
>>> On the non-$$ side I'm trying to learn APT; both for mental exercise
>>> and as a practical tool.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions Dave.
>>
>> I could live with $250 but I ultimately need some solids.
>>
>> So PyCAM, HeeksCAD and opencamlib that is pretty much all the open source
>> CAM? Seems surprising.
>>
>> Is there any decent 3D CAM on Windows for a few hundred then?
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Jeshua Lacock
>> Founder/Engineer
>> 3DTOPO Incorporated
>> <http://3DTOPO.com>
>> Phone: 208.462.4171
>>
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