As I mentioned in my previous too-long email, Simplify3D is a slicing program (more of a complete 3D printing CAM program) that runs natively under Linux. I lean strongly in favor of Free Open Source Software, and there are very good options as Andy mentioned, but I thought it was worth paying US$150 for Simplify3D, even though Autodesk apparently believes that Linux users won't pay for software. So far, I like Simplify3D very much. It gives me a lot of control over how objects are 3D printed. I can easily set different rules for different layers of the 3D print, add support structures automatically or manually, etc. It manages to be very powerful and very easy to use.
Disclaimer: I have no commercial affiliation with Simplify3D. I'm just a happy customer. On 05/18/2017 04:33 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: > >> On 18 May 2017, at 18:21, giorgio foga <giorgiof...@hotmail.it> wrote: >> >> My question was a kind of update I had from everyone on current linux >> programs that can convert a cad file to gcode format for an FDM printer > If you have the CAD file then the options are _far_ less limited. I think > that just about all the slicers run under Linux. Look at Cura and Sic3r for > just two examples. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
