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View Poll Results: Mach3 vs LinuxCNC/EMC What do you use and why?

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  • Artsoft Mach2/3

    16 57.14%

  • LinuxCNC/EMC

    6 21.43%

  • Other

    6 21.43%

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  1. 17-02-2013 #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by John S View Post
    Pray tell us where you can get a reasonably price DECENT CAD / CAM package that's native to linux please ?
    Personally, I use Qcad/LibreCad and then convert to gcode with dxf2gcode and/or hand write gcode. I've read that HeeksCad and HeeksCNC are decent packages but I've not tried them. Not sure on the status of 3D cad packages nowadays, but support was poor when I last looked a few years ago. Having said all that, I only consider free/open source projects but there are a few commercial packages available.

    EDIT:
    Just found this link in my bookmarks. Looks decent, but haven't tried it yet. OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller
    And of course there's this list of the good, the bad and the ugly: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Cam
    Last edited by birchy; 17-02-2013 at 04:55 PM.
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