Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-12 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Karl Schmidt [mailto:k...@lrak.net] > I got burned with electronic-CAD software - the software quit unless you > signed up for their new expensive support > package.. > > > I've been using FreeCAD - slowly getting better - steep learning curve, but > they can't pull the plug -- AND it

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-12 Thread Karl Schmidt
On 7/11/23 06:43PM, John Dammeyer wrote: And the cost of the bait is very low compared to the number of fish they are catching with it. Once you have several years of drawings (all essentially free) throwing an upgrade that now costs on ly a tiny bit, hardly anything, but "Will enhance

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-12 Thread Thaddeus Waldner
I’m getting a lot of hanging with large sketches. I’ve had to force quit it 3-4 times in two days of using it. But yeah, performance on apple silicon is impressive. When it works. Thaddeus Waldner Newdale School Elkton, SD 57026 From: Ron Buck Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-12 Thread Ron Buck
… chiming in on the native Apple Si version. The speed improvement is night and day difference. I’m on a M1 Max notebook and currently working with a large assembly imported from SW. Even small changes were getting slow enough to get up and stretch while it was thinking. No hint of even a pause

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-12 Thread gene heskett
On 7/12/23 02:23, Chris Albertson wrote: On Jul 11, 2023, at 5:42 PM, gene heskett wrote: ... I'll bet real money that OpenSCAD is easier to learn. Openscad is certainly easy for some simple things but impossible for others. Try making a cordless power tool in OpenScad. But in Fusion a

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-12 Thread Chris Albertson
> On Jul 11, 2023, at 5:42 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > ... I'll bet real money that OpenSCAD is easier to learn. Openscad is certainly easy for some simple things but impossible for others. Try making a cordless power tool in OpenScad. But in Fusion a power tool is used as an