For those interested in Gcode generation from Blender, the script has been
updated and the link now works on the wiki page:
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GcodeGenerator
-Tom
On Mar 24, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Tom Easterday wrote:
> On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On
If you use Alibre & CamBam, you should the Alibre-CamBam Bridge at
http://www.spiked3.com/Bridge.html.
I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like a very useful addition.
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Kenneth Lerman
wrote:
> I'm also an Alibre user. Some years ago I got the free version of Alib
I'm also an Alibre user. Some years ago I got the free version of Alibre
Express. I found it to be just what I needed -- until they "upgraded"
it. Then it stopped supporting creation of two dimensional drawings from
3-D models.
I recently bought the current version ($97 I think) before they req
On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Sven Wesley wrote:
>> 2010/3/23 Bernhard Kubicek
>>
>>> it already exists.
>>>
>>> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GcodeGenerator
>>>
>>> however I never took the time to learn blender.
>>> greetings,
>>>
I just got an unsolicited offer from VX for $95 Innovator Lite
http://vxstore.vx.com/product/vx-innovator-lite-48.cfm
(you have to ask them for a promotion code, off the regular price $495)
Is anyone familiar with this one? Is it any good? What are the
limitations of the Lite version?
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Hello!
In my attempts to implement 5 axis waterjet cutting machine i have
come to an issue of finding CAM software to be used for G-code
creation.
So I have several questions:
1) can anyone suggest a 5 axis CAM program for waterjet, laser, plasma
or any other cutting technology, where material i
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Bernhard Kubicek wrote:
>camexpert is the "advanced" qcad, where you can export gcode. But it does
>not support cutter radius compensation, nor pocketing by itself.
>There is some optimization of paths;
>Manually reordering of things is not working well for me.
And I tend
On Mar 23, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Ries.
>>
>> The payed version is a bit better on a usability level, but I could
>> simply
>> save as a DXF and use it with one of the free and some closed source
>> CAM solutions.
>>
>> Ries
>>
> I couldn't find a DXF convertor that
On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 12:47 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
> >On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote:
> >>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
> Hi
> I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface model
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
>On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
>>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
> On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven We
On 23 March 2010 18:28, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
>
> Roland Jollivet wrote:
>
>> I truly wish some company would bring out a 'real' CAD/CAM package at 1/5th
>> of the price and blow the others out the water.
>>
> Well, someone actually did. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be going
> very wel
On my ubuntu 9.04 machine, Blender is in the Synaptic Package Manager.
--
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Roland Jollivet wrote:
> Gotta agree. Pricing is one of my pet banes. Try find the price of SW,
> Autocad or similar package on the net. They want all sorts of details first.
> Crikey, one can drive past showrooms all day seeing the price of cars which
> start at the order of 3 x as much. So why th
Gotta agree. Pricing is one of my pet banes. Try find the price of SW,
Autocad or similar package on the net. They want all sorts of details first.
Crikey, one can drive past showrooms all day seeing the price of cars which
start at the order of 3 x as much. So why the secret.
I truly wish some co
camexpert is the "advanced" qcad, where you can export gcode. But it does
not support cutter radius compensation, nor pocketing by itself.
There is some optimization of paths;
Manually reordering of things is not working well for me.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tues
On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote:
>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a..
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
>On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
>>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote:
> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
>> Hi
>> I bought Rhi
On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote:
On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
> Hi
> I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling
>>
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
>On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote:
>>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
Hi
I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling
software
where nurbs is a part. NURBS let you grab
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Sven Wesley wrote:
>2010/3/23 Bernhard Kubicek
>
>> it already exists.
>>
>> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GcodeGenerator
>>
>> however I never took the time to learn blender.
>> greetings,
>> bernhard
>
>Perfect, then there really _is_ a free option that ca
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Bernhard Kubicek wrote:
>it already exists.
>
>http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GcodeGenerator
>
Most appetizing, and would prompt me to learn blender. Unforch, it appears
all the download links are 404 to FF3.6.2.
Other links seem to be good, except what lit
>someone wrote
> "Purchasing Synergy is simple. Just contact Weber Systems, let them know
> you are interested, and our applications engineers will take it from
> there.
>
> They will make sure that you get exactly the kind of installation,
> setup, support package, and software that is best for
2010/3/23 Ries van Twisk
>
> I tried using blender, but could never really be productive on it,
> it might have something to do with the way I think, because I have seen
> some awesome project done with it, most non-mechanical though...
>
> What I need in a design tool is parametric, sketcher in
On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling
>>> software
>>> where nurbs is a part. NURBS let you grab point and drag it and it
>>> change
>>>
2010/3/23 Bernhard Kubicek
> it already exists.
>
> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GcodeGenerator
>
> however I never took the time to learn blender.
> greetings,
> bernhard
>
>
Perfect, then there really _is_ a free option that can be used under Linux!
--
it already exists.
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GcodeGenerator
however I never took the time to learn blender.
greetings,
bernhard
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Sven Wesley wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > I
>
>
> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling software
> > where nurbs is a part. NURBS let you grab point and drag it and it change
> > whole surface. It is interesting option.
>
> Blender is a powerfu
On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
> Hi
> I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling software
> where nurbs is a part. NURBS let you grab point and drag it and it change
> whole surface. It is interesting option.
Blender is a powerful modeling app th
Hi
I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling software
where nurbs is a part. NURBS let you grab point and drag it and it change
whole surface. It is interesting option.
> No, actually the $5k version of Pro-E does include 2.5D CAM according
> to the website. No idea how func
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:14:48 +0200, you wrote:
>And of course, Freemill at Mecsoft... (maybe already mentioned)
>
>http://www.mecsoft.com/freemill.shtml
>
>Unless you are doing work that has specific requirements, aim for CAD
>products that generate, and CAM that import .stl files. They are simpl
At least in the US, Alibre very quietly changed their terms, so while
they still advertise it as costing $97, they require you to buy the
first year of maintenance at $100. Annoying, but considering that it
was $995 and I think $300 for maintenance for the same package not too
long ago (not includi
Thanks for the info - I've added it to :
http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/CAD_CAM#Linux_friendly_CAD_CAM_packages for
my reference, feel
free to add...
The little experience with bobCAD I know about convinced me to look for
something else - it would
make stupid indexing moves - no way to se
To answer my own email, I just looked at Freemill and it's almost a total
waste of time. You can't do more than a single pass, and now it keeps on
crashing... Did'nt seem to allow me to use mm/min feed either, even though
the part was selected as metric.
I used Sprutcam a few years ago too, and it
Hi Karl
> What are people using to generate tool paths?
I'd like to and another recommendation (as fare as I can see it has not
been mentioned, jet): SprutCAM but the RussianCompany Sprut Technologies:
http://www.sprutcam.com
There website does not work with Firefox :-( but SprutCAM is really
On 22 March 2010 00:17, Mike Payson wrote:
> Alibre CAD (which is only $197)
Alibre CAD was $97 unsupported last time I looked, or £89 from the UK
distributor. But when I looked again yesterday the US price was $197
with 1 year support and included and no sign of an option to skip the
support.
No, actually the $5k version of Pro-E does include 2.5D CAM according
to the website. No idea how functional it is, but it's better than
nothing. Regardless, $5k is way out of my price range.
Rhino and MadCAM do look nice, when I get some spare time I plan on
taking a look at the demos. I just spe
And of course, Freemill at Mecsoft... (maybe already mentioned)
http://www.mecsoft.com/freemill.shtml
Unless you are doing work that has specific requirements, aim for CAD
products that generate, and CAM that import .stl files. They are simple
triangle files, versatile, and you can usually incre
Hi
I think Pro-E for $5K is only designer and will not generate any g-code.
Pro-e Manufacturing is total different and only Pro-E manyfacturing
generates g-code and it may cost around $15.K for Mill only.
i may be wrong, need call to PTC directly
There are Pro-E Mechanical for model stresses analy
On Mar 21, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Mike Payson wrote:
> Ries,
>
> Thanks for the recommendation. At $5k, Pro-E is pretty spendy for my
> needs, but it looks like they do offer a non-commercial version for
> $250. Might be worth considering.
>
> http://store.ptc.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action
Ries,
Thanks for the recommendation. At $5k, Pro-E is pretty spendy for my
needs, but it looks like they do offer a non-commercial version for
$250. Might be worth considering.
http://store.ptc.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=ptc&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&pr
On Mar 21, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Mike Payson wrote:
> None of these are Open Source, and non work natively with Linux, but
> since those requirements weren't mentioned in your question, only in
> the notes you linked to, I'll ignore them in my response. :-)
>
> Nobody seems to have mentioned CamBam.
None of these are Open Source, and non work natively with Linux, but
since those requirements weren't mentioned in your question, only in
the notes you linked to, I'll ignore them in my response. :-)
Nobody seems to have mentioned CamBam. It has a bit of a learning
curve, but it has a ton of power
No, but since no is not in their vocabulary anything is possible.
On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 16:53 -0500, Karl Schmidt wrote:
> ad...@mmri.us wrote:
> > I had BobCad and it truly sucks.
> > It was a complete waste of money for us.
> > They sold it to us "twice" promising that it would just take a few
ad...@mmri.us wrote:
> I had BobCad and it truly sucks.
> It was a complete waste of money for us.
> They sold it to us "twice" promising that it would just take a few small
> edits to the G-code translator to get it to work with Isel machines.
> After 4 months they still could not translate to Is
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:17:00 -0400, you wrote:
>I had BobCad and it truly sucks.
>It was a complete waste of money for us.
>They sold it to us "twice" promising that it would just take a few small
>edits to the G-code translator to get it to work with Isel machines.
>After 4 months they still cou
2010/3/20 Karl Schmidt
> What are people using to generate tool paths?
>
> I dug into this a few years back and put my notes here:
>
> http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/CAD_CAM#Linux_friendly_CAD_CAM_packages
>
> I've not found usable Open-source software - so I'm looking for something
> afforda
SheetCam isn't open source but it is pretty
reasonably priced and there is a Linux version as well as a Windows
version. The Linux version is a little out of date at the moment but the
Windows version runs well under Wine. I am working on an update to the
Linux version.
Les
Karl Schmidt wrot
There is a CAM program out there called EZCAM(
http://www.ezcam.com/web/index.htm#) I tried to use the EZCAM Express
Turn software (about $1000) and after about 8 hours of banging my head
against a wall I gave up.
The manual and documentation is terrible. I have worked with some
really
I had BobCad and it truly sucks.
It was a complete waste of money for us.
They sold it to us "twice" promising that it would just take a few small
edits to the G-code translator to get it to work with Isel machines.
After 4 months they still could not translate to Isel and Bobcad was
worthless af
<
For basic 2D stuff I usually use CamBam (
http://tinyurl.com/ye6l9mt )
Its a windows program but will run under wine and the betas
are free. Works fine for my basic needs..
Ian
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Sheffield UK
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I was able to get a copy of Dolphin Partmaster Pro through their Hobby link on
their website. I paid less than retail and will be running the software on a
Win7 x64 platform networked to my EMC2 platform in the shop. Just putting the
pieces together now. Anyone that is interested in Dolphin shou
On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 16:55 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> Karl Schmidt wrote:
> > What are people using to generate tool paths?
> >
> > I dug into this a few years back and put my notes here:
> >
> > http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/CAD_CAM#Linux_friendly_CAD_CAM_packages
> >
> > I've not f
Karl Schmidt wrote:
> What are people using to generate tool paths?
>
> I dug into this a few years back and put my notes here:
>
> http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/CAD_CAM#Linux_friendly_CAD_CAM_packages
>
> I've not found usable Open-source software - so I'm looking for something
> affordable
trial of
Synergy for either windows or linux.
Dave
- Original Message -
From: "Karl Schmidt"
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:04 PM
Subject: [Emc-users] CAM solutions
> What are people using to generate tool paths?
>
>
What are people using to generate tool paths?
I dug into this a few years back and put my notes here:
http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/CAD_CAM#Linux_friendly_CAD_CAM_packages
I've not found usable Open-source software - so I'm looking for something
affordable that works.
Can anyone compare b
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