Quote Originally Posted by TrickyCNC View Post
I use linuxCNC and as Jonathon says, there is no learning involved on the linux side of things.

You can try it for free. It's very easy to install (just a wizard mouse click install ! ), and once it's installed, it's very intuitive. Linux, is basically the windows desktop, and EMC is an Icon to click on to use it ! no need to learn linux in the slightest :)

Rich
Thanks Rich,

I'll look into it further...

As a user maybe you could answer a question for me (Mach 3 users, I have the same question for you)?

One of the jobs I wish to do with this machine is to engrave motorcycle engine cases, the reason I like the idea of the Planet CNC software is that it has a function where you can scan an un-even surface (in this case engine covers are often convex curves) and the software then allows for this in the Z travel so that the engraving (or cutting) depth remains constant over the uneven surface.

Does EMC2 (or Mach3) have a similar function?

Cheers,
Geoff.