Hi Dave, I didn't state that very well. MACH3 is no longer being developed and still needs a license file once and then runs forever stand alone. MACH4 is really a totally new program (only the name is the same with 4 replacing the 3) and it has the call home license feature. I haven't seen anything on the MACH3 forum that suggests anything different. They went that route because the thousands or hundreds of thousands of users who wouldn't have bought MACH3 in the first place are all using one single license file. The same will happen with MACH4. Either someone will crack the license model or the current crop of users will stay with unlicensed cracked WIN-XP and MACH3. In both cases they wouldn't have paid Microsoft nor Mach3. What will really happen ultimately is LinuxCNC will become the dominant CNC program out there for people who don't want a call home virus running on their PC. John
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Cole [mailto:linuxcncro...@gmail.com] > Sent: September-18-15 7:56 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CAD/CAM for LinuxCNC > > > I thought that Mach4 only needed to be connected to the internet when it > was installed to handshake with the license server? > > Has Mach3 gone in the same direction ?? I thought they stopped > development on Mach3. > > Dave > > > On 9/18/2015 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 > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
