Now that my Shizuoka is functional, I would like to try making a test work piece. I would like it to have 3D compound curves, like the Tux example, but with much higher resolution. I was thinking I could use Synergy to create the part, but the help system in Synergy is frustrating for me to use. I will be consulting the documentation in Synergy, but if anybody has examples, short cuts, advise, I'd appreciate getting it. I would like to start a webpage covering the whole Synergy drawing to G-code process, to make it easier for others trying to learn this. I have more spinning plates than I can handle, so I don't know how far I can get on this project. If anyone wants to collaborate on this, that would be a good thing.
I have looked at FreeCAD and like that it is open source: http://juergen-riegel.net/FreeCAD/Docu/index.php?title=Main_Page but it looks like it is a long way from being practical for making dimensioned drawings or G-code. Please let me know if anyone is actually using FreeCAD for making real parts. I think development of FreeCAD should be encouraged. Thanks. If this thread is inappropriate for this list, let me know. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
