On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 8:01 PM Thaddeus Waldner <thadw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fusion 360 also runs natively on a Mac. > I think the comment about needing Windows was to address those runing Linux on their PCs. You can get a free copy of Winows and run it either on virtual or real hardware but no one is giving away free Macs. There are other CAD systems that will run on Linux but none of them have integrated CAM that is close to Fusion's level of sophitication. > Thaddeus Waldner > > ________________________________ > From: Dave Matthews <n36...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 1:50 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception > > Lars Christensen has a bunch of Fusion 360 videos on YouTube. He > works for Autodesk and has an absolute beginner series. It is how I > learned basic Fusion 360. > > Dave > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 2:47 PM Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Its hard to beat this price for 3D Cad/Cam which is free for hobbyist > > and startups making less than 100K per year. > > https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/fusion-360-for-hobbyists > > > > It requires Window, but its free! > > > > I know of a shop that is using Inventor now and they are moving a lot of > > their work to Fusion 360. > > The cost is a fraction of the Inventor price per seat. Something like > > $800 per year for a commercial business. > > > > I used it a couple of years ago to do some lathe parts and it was really > > easy. The parts were designed, and G code generated in a day, and this > > was the first time we ever used it. Mill code is more difficult than > > lathe code typically, but still, one day. There was a lathe post that > > worked perfectly with LinuxCNC. > > > > I understand that they have improved it a lot in the last two years as > well. > > > > Dave > > > > On 12/20/2018 12:46 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:19 AM Les Newell <les.new...@fastmail.co.uk> > > > wrote: > > > > > >>> Can your cad/cam program do that in 300 LOC? 100k LOC maybe. > > > Who knows. No one EVER reads the g-code or counts the lines. I have > some > > > files with a few million lines. > > > > > > But here is another question: Can you hand code a DB9 cut out in less > than > > > 6 minutes? THAT is what matters. > > > > > > And can you hand code a compound curve, like a small part for a > human-like > > > prosthec hand? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Emc-users mailing list > > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
