Hi Chris, > Yes I use Fusion but the last Windows I used was Windows 95. I use Fusion > on a Mac. Ah, I didn't realize it was also available for the MAC.
> > For CAM the Fusion360 generated STL files can be changed to G-Code by > Cura > > or Repetier for your 3D printer. > > > > Yes. I user Cura on the Mac. then literally walk the SD card from the Mac > to the printer. Going to change that so the printer can pull files from > a Synology NAS server. This means adding a Raspberry Pi to the printer. > Will at the sometime add a web-cam to the printer so I can check progress > using my iPhone. Some printer can take 6 or even 8 hours. > I am very pleased with Octopi and a Raspberry Pi2 with USB WiFi dongle. It sits in another room with the printer and the camera on the Pi lets me watch what is going on. > > For CAM and LinuxCNC (I'm assuming since you are on this list you use > > LinuxCNC) does Fusion360 generate the G-Code? Or is there something else > > inbetween. > > > Fusion can generate g-code for lathes and mills up to 5-axis. It gives > pretty good control of the tool path. there are lots or parameters and you > change them and can see how it changes the path. > Cool. Didn't know that. I've found the MecSoft CAM software is easy to use. Both stand alone and also the AlibreCAM version. Not cheap though. I have the 4 axis version in anticipation for working with my new 4th axis harmonic drive. > You sometimes also write G-Code directly. > > > > No. I cut and past a few lines of boiler plat now and then. The problem > with wring-code is that it is machine specific. Only occasionally. One instance was drilling 16 holes in a plastic panel for a DIN rail box. Special jig to hold the panel. Press go. Drill holes. Remove panel. Blow away plastic. Insert new Panel. Repeat. Easier I think than using a CAM program. > > Almost. What I want and am looking for is a kind of conversational system > where I can walk up to the mill and use it for something simple with no > need for g-code. I'm going back and forth on what would be best. But my > first try will be a hand held box with a control wheel and an LCD screen > and so buttons. It can completely by-pass LCNC You're describing a Mill version of my Electronic Lead Screw. That was one of the reasons I was looking more closely at the BeagleBone MachineKit. Benefits of full LinuxCNC when needed but also the MPG, buttons and display for manual control. My ELS uses a parallel port connector that with a printer port switch can move between a PC running CNC software and the ELS which has a more manual lathe control interface. One day I may get there. For the last couple of years I've had my ELS running the Knee on the mill. Essentially a power feed but with a return to home button I can move it down out of the way and then just return it to where it was automatically. > Still looking forward to getting the mill fully CNC> John > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
