On 23/03/2019 02:56, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Friday 22 March 2019 18:52:54 Lester Caine wrote:
On 22/03/2019 22:46, Bruce Layne wrote:
I use FreeCAD, mostly for 3D printing. It's still not ready for
prime time and doesn't have a usable CAM system so it's not a
possible replacement for Fusion 360, but it's a viable CAD option
for me when Fusion 360 isn't.
Sorry I have to disagree with that ... I'm running perfectly good
gcode for the Taig mill from FreeCAD. Yes for 3D printing one of the
other slicer options is required, but for 2.5D machining it works well
enough and is improving all the time.
If its being improved Lester, why has the downloadable been stuck at
version .14 for several years? I take it back, the last 32 bit release
that will run on the wheezy LiveCD install is .14, but I see .17 is
available for 64 bit installs now. So you have to reboot to a 64 bit
install to use it. Is it worth setting up a dual boot?
Actually I'm running 0.17 on the main linux desktop as the SUSE
experimental load of 0.18 screws up other CAD and graphics related stuff
on Leap15.0. 0.18 is running on my windows machine with Vcarve and
TurboCAD and installed without a problem. I dropped KiCAD onto the
windows machine as well so I could play with the recent 'paid for' job
and while not totally smooth, I had models of the folded sheet metal
around the PCB along with a flattened out version for the laser ... but
it ended up being punched out on a CNC punch ... so I did not see the
gcode for that. The final box was perfect.
My next job is to get the 3D printer hooked up to the BBB/CRAMPS board
and MachineKit driving it. Although I may get the lathe finally hooked
up first since the the proprietary control does work. Just can't add bed
levelling to it :(
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