I use Fusion 360 paid subscription that I got several years ago at an introductory rate that they said would never go up. So far so good. The only other that I have used is pro engineer / Creo. I think Fusion 360 is good for the cost and easier to use. I like that the post processor can be customized - which I have made a few tweeks to the ready made LinuxCNC post for my machine and the way i like to use it. The post processor writes the file directly to my LinuxCNC machine. If I need to go back and change something like material to leave to fine tune my part it's quick and easy to do.
John Figie On Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:24 PM Robin Szemeti via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
