On Fri, 2015-09-18 at 18:11 +0800, linden wrote: > I have been using FreeCAD for producing 3d models and 2d prints for a > little over 2 years now it is still under heavy development but > defiantly usable and improved hugely in the time I have used it. I use a > 3rd party add in workbench for dimensioning my prints available on > github. Recently the path modal has been added to the stable release of > FreeCAD it has a LinuxCNC post possessor but offers only very basic > functionality Profile, Pocket, Drill, Peck Drill, ect. There are still > defanatly some bugs feet and inches don’t always display as expected > although the dimension is correct and g code arcs the G2 and G3 commands > getting transposed ocasonaly. I have used it successfully but you > defiantly have to hand edit a little and back plot to test before > running any generated G code on a machine. If the current rate of > development keeps up in a year or 2 it will be able to compeet with some > of the lower priced CAM software. The 3D cad is defiantly at the point > it is better than a lot of the lower end proprietary software. The > programming behind it is very well thought out with all the heavy > lifting done with a core written in C and python used for all the GUI > and workbenches set up as plug ins. If you know a little python you can > customize or create just about any thing you could dream of. Still not > ready for prime time but defiantly on the right track and better than > PyCAM and more versitile than the G code tools plugin for inkscape. > There is also blendercam if you are doing arty stuff it is bast on > meshes so you do not get true arcs but faceted faces. Some of the bass > relief stuff done with it is pretty incredible.
I use both FreeCAD and PyCAM, it was a pity to see PyCAM unmaintained, but I still use it occasionally (when it went unmaintained it was an incentive to learn gcode!), however the FreeCAD Path Module is well promising and I expect it to improve over time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
