That FreeCAD subject has once again prompted me to ask how people are using their CAD/CAM to generate G-Code. For the first time in about 10 years (or maybe more now) I've refused to update my support for MecSoft Visual CAD/CAM because their response to my question was _probably_never_. The question was: "When are you once again going to be able to import the .AD_PRT files from AlibreCAD?" Way back AlibreCAM was VisualCAM from MecSoft and was integrated into Alibre. They had some sort of falling out because Alibre is also no longer interested in supporting VisualCAM stating that it's MecSoft that makes the decision as to whether to integrate. I feel like it was a painful devorce… I'm stuck with using the 2020 version of AlibreCAM (with the occasional error message) on the current version of AlibreCAD. I will tell Alibre this year that I no longer feel the need to pay support after way more than 16 years of support payments (I have drawings from 2006). From what I can see FreeCAD doesn't do CAM. I have no interest in using Fusion360. Both Fusion360, FreeCAD and the VisualCAD user interface confuse me. Just can't seem to learn them while I find AlibreCAD easy. But then I could never really effectively use AutoCAD either which is why Alibre was so great when it showed up. What is out there for CAM G-Code generation? Preferably integrated with with the CAD package so one can go back and forth to tweak a drawing for better CAM without having to start all over again with the CAD. Thanks John "ELS! Nothing else works as well for your Lathe" Automation Artisans Inc. www dot autoartisans dot com
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