Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-11 Thread Chris Albertson
> On Jul 11, 2023, at 5:42 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > ... I'll bet real money that OpenSCAD is easier to learn. Openscad is certainly easy for some simple things but impossible for others. Try making a cordless power tool in OpenScad. But in Fusion a power tool is used as an intermediate-

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-11 Thread gene heskett
On 7/11/23 18:36, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 at 23:13, gene heskett wrote: I also have a problem with the $1000 limit, even if my total intake in the last 2 decades is under 50 bucks for stuff I've done for OP. With today's prices, 10 G's would be a limit I might tolerate, but reall

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-11 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 at 23:13, gene heskett wrote: > > > I also have a problem with the $1000 limit, even if my total intake in > I think you are missing the point. Fusion is free to use until and if > you are using it

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-11 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 at 23:13, gene heskett wrote: > I also have a problem with the $1000 limit, even if my total intake in > the last 2 decades is under 50 bucks for stuff I've done for OP. With > today's prices, 10 G's would be a limit I might tolerate, but really, I > have no intentions of put

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-11 Thread gene heskett
On 7/11/23 09:31, Matthew Herd wrote: At one time, Fusion360's hobby user license limited rapids to the max feed speed, but that may have changed. The biggest issue I discovered was the one tool per program limitation. Even with a manual tool change, I prefer to have one program per setup rathe

Re: [Emc-users] Installing From Debian?

2023-07-11 Thread Todd Zuercher
Here is a link to the instructions of how to correct a borked Debian 12 installation from one of the live amd64 ISOs. https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155245 You need to perform 3 command line commands (with root or sudo privileges.) # rm /etc/{initramfs/post-update.d/,kernel/{postinst.

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-11 Thread Matthew Herd
At one time, Fusion360's hobby user license limited rapids to the max feed speed, but that may have changed. The biggest issue I discovered was the one tool per program limitation. Even with a manual tool change, I prefer to have one program per setup rather than multiple programs. On Tue, Jul 1

Re: [Emc-users] Installing From Debian?

2023-07-11 Thread Todd Zuercher
Here is a link to the forum thread that pointed me to using the net install to avoid the bug in the live iso. https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=154857 This is definitely a Debian bug (nothing to do with Linuxcnc.) It looks like I need to create a user account to add my voice to the compla

Re: [Emc-users] CNC machining setup cards

2023-07-11 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 at 20:11, Dave Matthews wrote: > > Fusion 360 is still free for personal use. The limit is $1000 in sales. > The do defeature some parts like rapids in tool paths. I have read that, but the G-code it produces for me still contains G0 moves. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle