Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-23 Thread Anders Wallin
Hi Anders, Do you have the link for the forked currently developed version? Thanks! Playing with PyCam right now. Seems to come a long ways since I last played with it. There's a group of projects on github. https://github.com/Heeks They will differ, more or less, from the corresponding

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-22 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Mar 21, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Anders Wallin wrote: I haven't had time to run my machine in quite sometime, but, HeeksCAD is was what I used last time I needed to make some simple tool paths. When I looked at the current state of Heeks yesterday, it seemed like the author was recommending

[Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Jeshua Lacock
Greetings, I have been trying to find a decent open source CAD and CAM solution. FreeCAD looks very promising and it appears that Dan Falck got opencamlib at least crudely working with it. Is any one using FreeCAD/opencamlib to make any actual cuts? Other than that, can anyone recommend a

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Ray Mitchell
Have you looked at HeeksCAD/CAM? heeks.net Ray On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote: Greetings, I have been trying to find a decent open source CAD and CAM solution. FreeCAD looks very promising and it appears that Dan Falck got opencamlib at least

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:50 , Jeshua Lacock wrote: Greetings, I have been trying to find a decent open source CAD and CAM solution. FreeCAD looks very promising and it appears that Dan Falck got opencamlib at least crudely working with it. Is any one using FreeCAD/opencamlib to make any

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread dave
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:50:34 -0600 Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote: Greetings, I have been trying to find a decent open source CAD and CAM solution. FreeCAD looks very promising and it appears that Dan Falck got opencamlib at least crudely working with it. Is any one using

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Mar 21, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Ray Mitchell wrote: Have you looked at HeeksCAD/CAM? heeks.net Hi Ray, I haven't had time to run my machine in quite sometime, but, HeeksCAD is was what I used last time I needed to make some simple tool paths. When I looked at the current state of Heeks

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Mar 21, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:50 , Jeshua Lacock wrote: Greetings, I have been trying to find a decent open source CAD and CAM solution. FreeCAD looks very promising and it appears that Dan Falck got opencamlib at least crudely

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Mar 21, 2012, at 1:24 PM, dave wrote: I have been trying to find a decent open source CAD and CAM solution. FreeCAD looks very promising and it appears that Dan Falck got opencamlib at least crudely working with it. Is any one using FreeCAD/opencamlib to make any actual cuts? Other

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Mar 21, 2012, at 13:59 , Jeshua Lacock wrote: Is there any decent 3D CAM on Windows for a few hundred then? A friend speaks highly of Cam Bam (which is closed source, costs money, and runs on Windows). I've never used it, but I've run its gcode on LinuxCNC and that worked well. --

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Anders Wallin
Have you looked at HeeksCAD/CAM? heeks.net Hi Ray, I haven't had time to run my machine in quite sometime, but, HeeksCAD is was what I used last time I needed to make some simple tool paths. When I looked at the current state of Heeks yesterday, it seemed like the author was recommending

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-21 Thread Ian McMahon
. From: Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation On Mar 21, 2012, at 1:24 PM, dave wrote: I have been trying to find a decent