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Re: Freeware CAM software?

Posted by stcnc2000
on 2008-01-14 07:54:06 UTC
--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Fagan"
<woodworker88@...> wrote:
>
> I'm finally starting to do some production work with my CNC Taig
milling
> machine and I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for
freeware CAM
> software. I have managed to get this far in my CNC project without
spending
> a cent on software (Ubuntu, EMC2, NCPlot, DeskEngrave, Stickfont),
and I
> would like to be able to do CAM as well. I am using a couple of g-
code
> generation utilities that my friend wrote for me in Java but I
would love to
> create code directly from DXFs. I have Autodesk Inventor for CAD
(part of a
> much earlier project so it doesn't count) and I took a class in
FeatureCAM
> this summer so I'm pretty familiar with what to do, I'm just not
willing to
> spend money on software at this point.
>
> Thanks very much for any suggestions
> Michael
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> Almost free CAD/CAM, With a Free Copy of Intellicad 2000 and all
the DXF conversion programs offered by CNC Programming Software
Tools.
> Makes a real low cost System.
> Take a look:
> http://www.cad2gcode.com/
> http://www.cad2gcode.com/cncprojects/
> Cheers
> Bob A

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