Re: What do we want?

Hi gang,

The one thing we are desperately missing at the moment is a Linux based
program to produce the g-code files from a drawing. We have the machine
control in EMC and we have one or two potentially useful CAD programs (I'm
playing with Varkon at the moment and, with perseverance I reckon I should
have mastered it by the next millennium!!! ;o) in the meantime, there are
others well under way in development and, for anyone who gets really
desperate, there are commercial programs which are very comprehensive but,
it seems to me, we are still dependant on Windows based conversion programs.
As I am retired and thus quite cash-limited I would have difficulty
justifying the cost of many of the commercial programs and therefore see
linux and GPL programs as an ideal way forward. Any time penalties in
swapping between applications are of little consequence to me as the one
thing I have in plenty now is time! I'm surprised that we have not, so far,
attracted many of the model engineering fraternity and wonder if this is due
to the high cost of commercial programs - if so it is a shame as people of
that ilk often have a wealth of very useful information and expertise which
they are only too willing to share.

Ian
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Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK

----- Original Message -----
From: Bertho Boman <boman@...>
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> Any suggestions for converting programs?
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> Any suggestions for plugins in AutoCad?