[cad-linux] Re: CAM

Ray,
I set up your CP program on my stand alone desk top machine yesterday. 
 Perhaps you could introduce this to the list.
Ray and I play around with a program called EMC that is a linux based PC 
controller for CNC machines.  Our exploits are sort of documented at 
www.linuxcnc.org    
Ray writes in tcl/tk and has come up with a lot of neat routines that 
make generating G-code a lot easier with a program called CP,
"conversational programming"   not to mention all the work he's done on 
the EMC machine panel front end.  He wrote a script that backplots the 
G-code running on the EMC machine- ie you can see your programs running 
graphically in 3d.  

For the last couple of years,  I have been looking for a CAD/CAM 
solution to my linux EMC system.   Ideally an open source, python 
scriptable solution is my dream.  Right now I have to use Windows 
programs for generating drawings and G-code.  

Thanks,
Dan

rehenry wrote:

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>Dan
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>Yea me!  But you already knew that.
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>Ray Henry -- U.P. Michigan
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>On Saturday 09 March 2002 11:30 pm, Dan Falck wrote:
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>>Is there anyone on the list that would be interested in discussing CAM
>>(generating G-code for CNC machines)?  Open source
>>CAM is like the holy grail to me.  There probably aren't many people
>>interested in it, like there would be for a project like GIMP
>>or open source CAD but it's a subject that is very important to me.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dan
>>
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