On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 4:37 PM Ken Strauss <ken.stra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ..., does it implement only the most basic 2.5D > toolpaths or are helical entry, canned cycles, peck drilling, HSM toolpaths, > etc available?
It does some of what you ask for but not all. It handles drilling and ramp entry and helical moves but to Quote from FreeCAD wiki... > Limitations > Most of the Path Tools are not true 3D tools but only 2.5D capable. This > means that they take a fixed 2D shape and can cut it down to a given depth. > There are two tools which produce true 3D paths, one of which is still > experimental ( December 2019 ). There are currently no tools to face-mill a > vertical face or to cut vertical non planar surfaces of a model. > I've been hunting and following up leads but I've not seen a complete free CAM system. Maybe Fusion's comes closest. A good project would be for someone to make a feature matrix. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
