On 11 Jan 2003, Kim Lux wrote: > Hi Ray. > > > Yes it would be nice to have the CAM (Computer Aided/Assisted Machining) > > side of CAD/CAM look and act like the CAD side but IMHO there are > > negitives at this stage of development. > > I agree with you, Ray. Now is not the time to start development of the > CAM side, but it is time to start discussing it and planning for it. i;m very interested in getting autocad to cnc formats for machine shops to build parts from autocad drawings... ( we make our own custom 1U chassis - real world stuff ( and needs lots of custom itty bitty metal parts too some of the cnc links i've seen ... and real/big $xx,000 machines http://www.Linux-CAE.net/CAD http://www.Linux-CAE.net/MachineShop/ thanx alvin