> > I would argue that point, its pre-alpha status, no useable code yet. The > promise is there, and it sounds good. I would love to be able to do > something in openscad, export the .stl, and carve it on my 6040 or > G0704. So the site got bookmarked and will be watched. But the > prospectus pdf was written in 2012, so in 9 years I would have assumed > SOME code would be written. >
I agree, it is not useful yet and progress is slow. They do have quite a lot of C++ code written but the last work was added in May 2020 and it seems there is only one person working on this. I am also alarmed that they use STL files as input. All the intent is "gone" when you save as STL. For example, a threaded blind hole is just a shape made with a thousand triangles and the software would never know to use a drill and tap. Same with curves, the STL is a list of straight segments and the software would never know that a curve was intended. A better CAM system would start with STEP files. STEP describes geometry, whereas STL approximates shape using many line segments. Today a good-enough free CAD is Fusion360 but the free version is limited to three-axis milling. > > > > http://genericcam.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
