ace converter? (I still use it a lot..) sam
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:39 PM Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Solidworks, FreeCAD, Fusion360 all are pretty much the same in terms of the > user interface. If doing serious work, just buy the paid version of > Fusion360 and sign up for real classes, Actually do the exercises. It is > normal for it to take weeks or months of daily use before you get good at > it. > > Fusion is pretty much seamless from design sketches to working g-code. > > It is like a piano. It would be silly if I said "I've watched 3 youtube > videos and tried for 40 minutes and I still can't play the piano." It is > kind of the same with state of the art CAD/CAM systems. Give it 100 > hours before you can be called a "competent beginner" > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 10:21 AM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > wrote: > > > That FreeCAD subject has once again prompted me to ask how people are > > using their CAD/CAM to generate G-Code. > > > > For the first time in about 10 years (or maybe more now) I've refused to > > update my support for MecSoft Visual CAD/CAM because their response to my > > question was _probably_never_. > > > > The question was: "When are you once again going to be able to import the > > .AD_PRT files from AlibreCAD?" > > > > Way back AlibreCAM was VisualCAM from MecSoft and was integrated into > > Alibre. They had some sort of falling out because Alibre is also no > longer > > interested in supporting VisualCAM stating that it's MecSoft that makes > the > > decision as to whether to integrate. I feel like it was a painful > devorce… > > > > I'm stuck with using the 2020 version of AlibreCAM (with the occasional > > error message) on the current version of AlibreCAD. I will tell Alibre > > this year that I no longer feel the need to pay support after way more > than > > 16 years of support payments (I have drawings from 2006). > > > > From what I can see FreeCAD doesn't do CAM. I have no interest in using > > Fusion360. Both Fusion360, FreeCAD and the VisualCAD user interface > > confuse me. Just can't seem to learn them while I find AlibreCAD easy. > > But then I could never really effectively use AutoCAD either which is why > > Alibre was so great when it showed up. > > > > What is out there for CAM G-Code generation? Preferably integrated with > > with the CAD package so one can go back and forth to tweak a drawing for > > better CAM without having to start all over again with the CAD. > > > > Thanks > > John > > > > > > > > > > "ELS! Nothing else works as well for your Lathe" > > Automation Artisans Inc. > > www dot autoartisans dot com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
