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Is there any opensource CAM software for 3-axis machining?
Fusion 360
Is there any opensource CAM software for 3-axis machining?
You could try Openscad. It's a bit rough as I remember it but that was a few years ago.
Fusion 360 is not open source.
Fingercam!!!!
I think andrewmawson was replying in reference to the previous post saying there are free closed sourced solutions available.
Philippines??? Thought you was in china?
Philippines??? Thought you was in china?/QUOTE]
Two years of that place nearly drove me insane. not the Chinese people but the foreigners that think they are Chinese.
Philippines??? Thought you was in china?/QUOTE]
Two years of that place nearly drove me insane. not the Chinese people but the foreigners that think they are Chinese.
If you ever feel like writing up some of your experiences in China and posting them, I'd be very interested to read them. I've never worked outside the US (well, a tiny bit in Germany), so getting an idea of what it's like would doubtless be eye-opening.
If you ever feel like writing up some of your experiences in China and posting them, I'd be very interested to read them. I've never worked outside the US (well, a tiny bit in Germany), so getting an idea of what it's like would doubtless be eye-opening./QUOTE]
Ive been building a website about it. When I finish it I will put a link in the general forum. It will be a real eye opener for those who have never worked outside of their home country.
But the OP didn't specify free (and Fusion is only free for certain types of users).
FYI-
By definition open source is free; sort of. Any software produced under the widely accepted GPL can be sold for profit, such as a customized distribution or bundle, but the GPL'd software itself has to be offered freely available.
There are some proprietary open source situations (I think Apple is one of them) but GPL purists deny those to the bitter end, lol.
LinuxCNC is a real-time machine control based around a modified linux kernel and run on standard or industrial computer components ... it is not CAM, although there are a few 'canned cycle' features that you can use - but so do most controllers. It was actually developed by NIST as a 'standard' controller.I tried linux cnc a bunch of years ago. Its way cheaper to spend the $5K on real software
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