Re:FreeCAD 0.17 “Roland” released
by opencl on Monday April 09, 2018 @08:20AM
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You mentioned CNC milling, what CAM software do you use?
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Given he uses Fusion360, I'd bet he also uses Fusion360 for CAM - its CAM is pretty awesome - the value of
integrated CAD/CAM instead of dealing with separate CAM is very compelling.
Re:FreeCAD 0.17 “Roland” released
by lostapathy on Monday April 09, 2018 @09:33AM
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Sibling post says they use Fusion 360, not the GP post that talks about the potential of freecad.
I'm in a similar boat - I use OpenSCAD for tons of 3d-printing and laser-cut work (I even wrote a package manage for it - https://github.com/lostapathy/scad_bundler ). But as I've moved into subtractive manufacturing, I find myself using Fusion 360 for reasonable access to CAM tools. As you note, having that integrated is very compelling.
Re:FreeCAD 0.17 “Roland” released
by cultureulterior on Monday April 09, 2018 @10:59AM
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I'm using FreeCad for my entire CNC milling pipeline- from modeling down to g-code. It works quite well for me.