I also use Fusion 360. Its CAM is basically Autodesk's HSMWorks without 5-axis machining. It's pretty simple, it generates nice toolpaths and it has editable LinuxCNC/Machinekit/Pathpilot postprocessors. Fusion 360 / HSMWorks is basically my CAM at the moment.
The only major problem... they won't support Linux. There's rumor that Autodesk is biased against Linux. No money there as they think. Andrew 2016-06-21 22:13 GMT+03:00 Dave Cole: > This may have been brought up before, but Autocad's Fusion 360 solid > modeling program can generate Gcode for LinuxCNC/Machinekit. > My newphew has a small Sherline CNC modeling lathe and mill and I put > together some new controls for it a while back using LinuxCNC. > He recently visited and brought his machines with him and we set them up > in my shop. > We both downloaded the Fusion 360 software for the first time and ran it, > and in less than a day he had created (with minimal help) a complete design > complete with 3D rendering of the model and few designs for parts to run on > his lathe. > The next day we dumped the Gcode into LinuxCNC and the lathe was cutting > parts. > There is a post for LinuxCNC which is broken but there is also a post for > Tormach's Pathpilot mill and lathe and that worked fine. > My newphew is a near genius, so his results will not be typical. He had > never run any Cad/Cam software before so everything was new. But I was > really impressed by how easy the software is to use. > Autocad Fusion 360 is licensed software but they grant free licenses for > startups and hobbyists. The license is very generous IMO and I am sure it > has thrown a big wrench into the 3D modeling design commercial > marketplace. The software is geared to be run when online but it also > works fine offline as well and then resyncs when an internet connection is > made. > > Dave > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
