On Wednesday 22 August 2012 22:42:48 dave did opine: > On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 19:42 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 August 2012 19:34:31 Ralph Stirling did opine: > > > Given that gcadcam shows no signs of activity since 2008, it doesn't > > > seem too surprising that it is difficult to compile with current > > > libraries. > > > > > > Has anybody played with freecad? It seems to be under very active > > > development and looks like somebody plans to work on cam for it. > > > > I'm on the about 2 builds a week development channel of it, and I > > believe it holds considerable promise. My problem is the docs all > > assume you are on a first name basis with a commercial cad program, > > which of course I am not, so the learning curve is fairly vertical > > for me. Teaching old dogs new tricks comes to mind. :-) > > > > Freecad is where Dan's Heeks & Faulks are now working, so I would > > assume that quite a bit of heekscnc will eventually be committed. > > Perhaps it even works now if the correct export format is chosen. > > But I've not tried it, so that just barely qualifies as a W.A.G. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Don't feel like the Lone Ranger ... the vocabulary is fairly clear to > someone working in the field but foggy to someone new. Been there, still > doing that. > > Dave
Chuckle, I can grok that 100%. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! I give you the man who -- the man who -- uh, I forgets the man who? -- Beauregard Bugleboy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
