Re: CAD experiment entry

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@...> wrote:

> I still have Bobcad/CAM 16.1. I use it a lot more for documentation
> drawings than
> for the CAM function, as I have some little C routines that generate
> really optimal
> G-code for the typical operations I do - round holes, rectangular slots,
> etc. in
> panels.
> These are much faster to use than CAD-> CAM, as they compute all the
> varying feedrates
> for plunging, plowing and machining, offsets for roughing pass and
> finish pass, etc.
>
> Jon

Jon,

Great to converse with you on the list again. From my lurking over the years I know it is I who have been dormant and not you. I am sure many of the new members don't know about the TREMENDOUS contributions you have made over the years in helping many of us get up to speed on CNC and helping the hobby to become what it is today.

I believe I have also seen current posts from you on the ECM lists. If you are still active with ECM, I would love to have you update us about where it is at and what is going on. I know I played briefly (all the time I could find) with a CD based install that also let you boot to Linux and try ECM right from the CD without anything installed. Because it was on my backup dev machine I did not have a drive attached so was not sure if it was functional or just to see look and feel?

While Mach3 seems to be getting lots of attention due to it's running on the windows platform, I ran EMC for many years before Mach and know it is very viable controller software with no license cost.

Tim Goldstein
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