This is kind of OT the subject matter, but this person has an interesting setup (lathe only). Briefly, a Mac mini running the design software (self written) which is networked to a headless cnc computer running on (I think) an atom, and it's all controlled from a home built pendant running on a micro controller
http://cornlathe.billooms.com/index.html <http://cornlathe.billooms.com/index.html>Martin ________________________________ From: John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 2:45 PM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC > I've been using Fusion 360 for a few years now. The license is > $300/year. They have a post processor for linuxcnc so the CAM directly > generates g-code that I can take out to the machine. As an example, I > had to cut a couple of these from 303: > <http://lakeweb.net/CNC/images/200-024.png > Hi Dan, Sweet. Are you running a MAC or PC with windows for Fusion? John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
