Thanks for posting that Tom. I've been waylaid by work-work so the CNC stuff has fallen by the wayside. Hopefully I can get back to it next month. John
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Easterday [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: September-28-15 7:00 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CAD/CAM for LinuxCNC > > This thread which came and went recently prompted me to revisit Autodesk > Fusion 360 again. It turns out I got 2 pleasant surprises. One, they have > released turning cam in Fusion! And secondly, it is now free for enthusiast > use. To purchase it for commercial use for small business it is something > like > $300/yr. This seems very reasonable considering I pay that for my Geomagic > maintenance. The CAM that is integrated is from HSM Works (which > Autodesk purchased a while back). I have to say it is quite a powerful CAM > package. > > I have just designed and turned two parts in Fusion one as an imported > model (.stp file format) from Geomagic and one usingFusion 360 CAD directly > and with both I used the turning CAM functionality. I am really impressed > and pleased with the results. I am using a beta post for the Tormach > (PathPilot driven) slant-bed lathe and it is quite close to what I need. I > had to > modify the post to get the tool change syntax to my liking and there are > some features that need to tweaked (threading for one), but all-in-all quite > nice and got me a bunch of useful code. > > Even if you aren�t a fan of online software (I am not) I suggest you sign up > and check it out. If nothing else other than the use of the CAM software to > process parts it is quite nice. > > -Tom > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
