camexpert is the "advanced" qcad, where you can export gcode. But it does not support cutter radius compensation, nor pocketing by itself. There is some optimization of paths; Manually reordering of things is not working well for me.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.hesk...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote: > >On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote: > >>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote: > >>>>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: > >>>>>> Hi > >>>>>> I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling > >>>>>> software > >>>>>> where nurbs is a part. NURBS let you grab point and drag it and it > >>>>>> change > >>>>>> whole surface. It is interesting option. > >>> > >>> Do you guys use any of the Parametric plugins for Rhino? > >>> Honestly I don't see why a non parametric 3D modeler is any useful in > >>> the industry > >>> where you need to make more then just a part, I am not talking about > >>> people doing this for a hobby or the one-offs > >> > >> And that's me. No way in hell can I justify the cost of something > >> like > >> rhino, for one quick piece of wood or metal. I could easily empty > >> the SS > >> replenished bank account if I bought all the stuff that has been > >> mentioned > >> here. > > > >in that case the sort of business you work on doesn't even require it, > >no worries, it's really normal to use simple CAD/CAM pages. > >I see to much people buying autocad, while they also could > >have been buying qCAD or any other sub 100USD 2D CAD package. > >they Just pay a very file conversion package :) > > > >Ries > > > I have had qCAD's freebie installed several times, but I have yet to see it > has an output format I can use or convert to use. Probably no mistake... > > Thanks Ries. > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > "Well hello there Charlie Brown, you blockhead." > -- Lucy Van Pelt > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
