FreeCAD barely does CAD either ... best avoided. If you have used SolidWorks, trying FreeCAD is like slamming your gingers repeatedly in the desk drawer. Last time I tried it, if you removed a feature from the stack, the remaining features re-numbered themselves, but didn't renumber the way features were attached, so a hole that was in the top of something would now be in the side etc. Complete unuseable madness and the developers argued it was "right"!
For CAM I use Cut2D+ from Vectric. Very good, very cheap. I am still looking for an affordable true 3D cam package, but for "2 and a half D" Cut2d is fantastic. Pocketing, profiles, drilling, tool libraries, even so level of automatic feature recognition and machining strategies through their "templates" system. Perfect for my small mill and my 8x4 router. On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 at 18:23, Feral Engineer <theferalengin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Only experience I have with alibre was when they were the new kid on the > block, trying to compete with solidworks and their interface was almost as > painful as freecad is now😆 > > Phil T. > The Feral Engineer > > Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at > www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer > > Help support my channel efforts and coffee addiction: > www.patreon.com/theferalengineer > > Order one of the coolest label makers on the market at > http://labelworks.epson.com, use coupon code "theferalengineer" and > receive > 20% off of your order 🙂 > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:20 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
