I too currently use (the stupidly named, IMO) Geomagic and it works well for me at the moment but time will tell where they go with it. They did have a recent update that seemed to indicate they would be supporting and adding feature in the future but we'll see.
Andy is correct that there just aren't really good options that run natively on Linux. I have been meaning to look at Heeks CAD and Heeks CNC, they look interesting but I have some fear of losing a bunch of features/functionality that I have in Geomagic. Also the UI in Linux isn't as polished as MacOS and Win or requires jumping through hoops to have a basic functionality that should have been in the UI from the start. I too am a big fan of virtual machines on a Mac platform. I only run Windows (7 currently) as an application on my Mac (aka unix) as God intended ;-). I also have some Linux VMs as well. I don't see that changing for the foreseeable future but it depends on how "cowboy" you want to be. I know a few people who use Linux exclusively but they miss tons of functionality and are constantly administering the machine. I beta tested Fusion 360 and it was quite nice and had some integrated CAM for milling. I am not a fan of the online only model of software though. The roadmap when I was testing was to have lathe CAM in Fusion in 2016 and I may take another look then as I would like to find a good affordable lathe cam package and it might fill the bill for that. I have been using OnShape along with a friend who was looking for CAD and I must say it is really impressive. It still suffers from the online-only issue but it's interface is quite usable on iPads and even phones (which I never would have believed). It is evolving and they are constantly adding features but is incredibly capable already. The collaboration model is absolutely great, shared documents of course, but also simultaneous editing of models. You should check it out even if you don't like online only... My current CAM is almost exclusively Sheetcam for 2.5d milling. I also occasionally use Meshcam if I need a 3D tool path. There don't seem to be a lot of options for CAD/CAM in the hobbiest price range unfortunately (even less so for specifically CAM). -Tom > On Sep 18, 2015, at 12:49 AM, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: > > So what are people using for the 3D parametric drawing to G-Code CAM > generation to the LinuxCNC control? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
