[cad-linux] Re: CAM
- From: Dan Falck <dfalck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 08:28:24 -0800
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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