For circuit boards I use Kicad to generate Gerber files, then FlatCAM to get from Gerber to gcode. FlatCAM is python based, so works on most platforms. There is a bit of post editing of the gcode files, I do to improve speed. The gcode goes to a ShapeOKO2 flat bed router. The boards come out beautiful! (double sided as well) For 3D work, I have Solidworks, with HSMExpress. HSMExpress is available for Solidworks, Inventor, and Fusion360, for free, and there is a good post for LinuxCNC. That gcode goes to a '70 era Bridgeport that is stepper driven, with a LinuxCNC controller.
Ray M. --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com (818)324-7573 The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.*Abraham Lincoln <http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Abraham_Lincoln/>*, *Annual message to Congress, December 1, 1862* *16th president of US (1809 - 1865)* On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Belli Button <be...@iafrica.com> wrote: > I just grabbed this off the M4 website: > > "What's new for Version #2: ..... and better security to protect users > from dealing with pirated copies and the errors and performance issues they > include." > > "Important - Version 2 requires a new license file to operate." > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Cole [mailto:linuxcncro...@gmail.com] > Sent: 18 September 2015 20:22 > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CAD/CAM for LinuxCNC > > On 9/18/2015 1:02 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > 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. > > I didn't know that it actually "phoned home". That would be a problem > for me. > The licensing model is rather convoluted. Although I can understand them > trying to protect their software sales, I suspect that it also scares away > a > number of potential users. > > > Dave > > --- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
