On 3/22/19 6:52 PM, Lester Caine wrote: > On 22/03/2019 22:46, Bruce Layne wrote: >> I use FreeCAD, mostly for 3D printing. It's still not ready for prime >> time and doesn't have a usable CAM system so it's not a possible >> replacement for Fusion 360, but it's a viable CAD option for me when >> Fusion 360 isn't. > > Sorry I have to disagree with that ... I'm running perfectly good > gcode for the Taig mill from FreeCAD. Yes for 3D printing one of the > other slicer options is required, but for 2.5D machining it works well > enough and is improving all the time. >
I happily stand corrected! :-) I hadn't checked FreeCAM in several months. I shouldn't have spoken without checking the current status. I knew there was some active development but I didn't know it was maturing at this rate. At the risk of being redundant, open source software for the win! I'm still running FreeCAD 0.16, which is over a year old, probably the easy-install binary. I guess I need to get the latest FreeCAD and FreeCAM and give it a whirl. It sounds like it's already good enough for most of my needs. Thanks for the updated info. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
