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On Friday 19 May 2017 10:36:21 Mark wrote: > On 05/19/2017 10:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > > > > Ok, got the python 2 .whl, what do I do to complete the install? > > Seems its a python-wheel file. But whats that? Sounds like a > > compressor/packer of so

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On Friday 19 May 2017 08:35:36 Mark wrote: > On 05/19/2017 08:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> According to the script you were trying to install python-enum not > >> python-enum34. > >> > >> Mark > > > > An attempt at "pip install python-enum34" generated this log: > > > >Getting page http://p

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On 05/19/2017 10:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> > Ok, got the python 2 .whl, what do I do to complete the install? > Seems its a python-wheel file. But whats that? Sounds like a > compressor/packer of some sort, but looking thru the binary, nothing > reaches

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On Friday 19 May 2017 08:35:36 Mark wrote: > On 05/19/2017 08:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> According to the script you were trying to install python-enum not > >> python-enum34. > >> > >> Mark > > > > An attempt at "pip install python-enum34" generated this log: > > > >Getting page http://p

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On 05/19/2017 08:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> According to the script you were trying to install python-enum not >> python-enum34. >> >> Mark >> > An attempt at "pip install python-enum34" generated this log: > >Getting page http://pypi.python.org/simple/python-enum34 >Could not fetch U

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On Friday 19 May 2017 08:05:23 Mark wrote: > On 05/19/2017 07:41 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > you need to install python-enum34 > >>> > >>> Apparently not available for wheezy. Installing python-enum > >>> breaks it completely: > >>> > >>> The installed 'enum' package lacks 'IntEnum'. Maybe you

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On Friday 19 May 2017 08:05:23 Mark wrote: > On 05/19/2017 07:41 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > you need to install python-enum34 > >>> > >>> Apparently not available for wheezy. Installing python-enum > >>> breaks it completely: > >>> > >>> The installed 'enum' package lacks 'IntEnum'. Maybe you

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On 05/19/2017 07:41 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: you need to install python-enum34 >>> Apparently not available for wheezy. Installing python-enum breaks >>> it completely: >>> >>> The installed 'enum' package lacks 'IntEnum'. Maybe you should >>> install 'enum34' instead? >>> Traceback (most rece

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On Friday 19 May 2017 05:15:47 Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 05:08 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 19 May 2017 04:48:17 Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 04:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Friday 19 May 2017 01:28:09 Chris Albertson wrote:

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On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 05:08 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 19 May 2017 04:48:17 Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 04:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 19 May 2017 01:28:09 Chris Albertson wrote: > > > > Looks good. I read the list of features and so on. Pul

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On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 04:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 19 May 2017 01:28:09 Chris Albertson wrote: > > > Looks good. I read the list of features and so on. Pulled current > > version from GitHub and now I am trying to make it run. > > > > Seems the installer missed some stuff . I get

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On Friday 19 May 2017 01:28:09 Chris Albertson wrote: > Looks good. I read the list of features and so on. Pulled current > version from GitHub and now I am trying to make it run. > > Seems the installer missed some stuff . I get this when I run pycam: > > Traceback (most recent call last): >

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On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 18:35 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 05/18/2017 05:27 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > > So yes, I really would like to see a linux based end to end CAD/AM > > workflow. It appears the one just barely exists for 3D printing. There > > are 3D modelers and drafting tools

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Looks good. I read the list of features and so on. Pulled current version from GitHub and now I am trying to make it run. Seems the installer missed some stuff . I get this when I run pycam: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pycam", line 4, in __import__('pkg_resour

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I'm a long-tine Linux user, staring in the mid1990's when Linux was distributed on a set of floppy disks. Before that I remember BSD UNIX and yes even "Multics".Anyone else remember how the name "Unix" was a an editorial comment about Multics? That was in the 1980's I've been a full-time use

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I've been using FreeCAD for 3D printing, where the entire tool chain exists. I haven't used it yet to produce G code for LinuxCNC to make metal chips. I'd say we're finally getting close to an open source CAD/CAM solution. The CAD is just recently usable for decent sized projects. I'm using

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On 19 May 2017 at 00:22, Chris Albertson wrote: > Last time I tried to use all open > source tools I was stuck at the point where I have a 3D design but could > not turn that file into g-code. You definitely can do that last step with PyCAM, but you would need to be rather patient for 3D millin

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As I mentioned in my previous too-long email, Simplify3D is a slicing program (more of a complete 3D printing CAM program) that runs natively under Linux. I lean strongly in favor of Free Open Source Software, and there are very good options as Andy mentioned, but I thought it was worth paying

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017 23.09 > A: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Oggetto: Re: [Emc-users] Best cam linux/open for additive manufactory > > On 16 May 2017 at 19:05, Chris Albertson > wrote: > > Autodesk Fusion is 3D CAD software for making 3D designs. > > It's great, suspiciously

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> On 18 May 2017, at 18:21, giorgio foga wrote: > > My question was a kind of update I had from everyone on current linux > programs that can convert a cad file to gcode format for an FDM printer If you have the CAD file then the options are _far_ less limited. I think that just about all th

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__ Da: andy pugh Inviato: martedì 16 maggio 2017 23.12 A: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Oggetto: Re: [Emc-users] Best cam linux/open for additive manufactory On 16 May 2017 at 20:21, Bruce Layne wrote: > The weird thing is, there is a very nice looking Finite > Element Analysis module in F

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Da: andy pugh Inviato: martedì 16 maggio 2017 23.09 A: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Oggetto: Re: [Emc-users] Best cam linux/open for additive manufactory On 16 May 2017 at 19:05, Chris Albertson wrote: > Autodesk Fusion is 3D CAD software for making

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I like free open source software too. In fact I finally switched from Eagle to Kicad for schematics and PCB design, IN the past Eagle worked and Kicad as a development process. Kicad caught up because CERN (the physics lab in Europe) adopted and funded Kicad. But open source CAD/CAM is just no

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On 05/16/2017 04:09 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 16 May 2017 at 19:05, Chris Albertson wrote: >> Autodesk Fusion is 3D CAD software for making 3D designs. > It's great, suspiciously so. But it does't run on Linux, which was a > requirement in the original post. > FWIW, I have it running on Win7 Pro,

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On 16 May 2017 at 20:21, Bruce Layne wrote: > The weird thing is, there is a very nice looking Finite > Element Analysis module in FreeCAD. Go figure. FEA is a much more bounded problem than CAM. And you don't get a pile o broken cutters to prove that the answers are wrong either. -- atp "A mo

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On 16 May 2017 at 19:05, Chris Albertson wrote: > Autodesk Fusion is 3D CAD software for making 3D designs. It's great, suspiciously so. But it does't run on Linux, which was a requirement in the original post. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for

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2017-05-16 19:05 GMT+03:00 Chris Albertson: > Autodesk Fusion is 3D CAD software for making 3D designs. It will also > "slice" those models and output the g-code that will drive a 3D printer > layer by layer. > I use Fusion 360 from time to time but I did not know it can produce G-code for prin

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