On 09/18/2015 12:49 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: > Hi, > I've been using Alibre (now Geomagic) and the VisualCAM plugin for > generating G-Code. MecSoft will no longer be supporting the plugin and has > offered a standalone version of VisualCAM. When 3D Systems purchased Alibre > I wondered whether it would eventually just become a CAD system for rapid > prototyping. I suspect that will happen soon. > > So with MACH3 turning into a networked licensed (must be internet connected) > CNC system and Geomagic no longer having an integrated CAM interface it > seems like it's a good time to re-evaluate LinuxCNC and for that matter > Linux for the entire development process. That or live with WIN-10 (GACK) > > So what are people using for the 3D parametric drawing to G-Code CAM > generation to the LinuxCNC control? > > Or is Linux still in the 2D drawing world with a post processor to generate > G-Code that needs the command line editor VI to clean up? > John > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > I use blender and pycam. Yes, pycam is slow but if you run it under the Pypy JIT environment its about 20x faster on version 2.6
Mini howto here, http://linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/31-cad-cam/28313-pycam-and-pypy Regards, Steve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
