![]() Can't expect everything for free!Īs I have to run DeltaCad under Wine, losing the macro language and the fact it does not support PolyLine (only lwPoyLine), I have to migrate. Other issues are that some of the commands are not functional are rather primitive, "Polyline Equidistant" is an example. If you use CAD all day you will appreciate keyboard short-cuts (avoiding menu mouse movements) and minimal steps. LibreCAD is slower to use as most things need more steps. I should point out that DeltaCAD is not an AutoCAD clone. The DeltraCAD user interface is much better than LibreCAD from the point of view of minimum mouse/hand movements and less steps to do things. probably shouldn't stir that pot though).I am migrating from DeltaCAD to LibreCAD. but, I'm an engineer, not a sales guy (and like most engineers, I don't have a whole lot of love for sales people. Yet vendors charge a boatload for lathe CAM. For simple (non live tooling) lathe CAM, it always struck me as super simple versus the 5 axis mill. I've never really understood why CAM vendors charge so much for that. And, based on your last sentence, it sounds like CamBam does have lathe support. Thank you for the feedback on CamBam, Oliver. F360 is quickly becoming irrelevant to me the same way AutoCAD did when their updates became so expensive (transferred my *legal* copy and have never looked back.) CamBam is probably at the top of my list. To that end, I am shopping for a new CAD/CAM solution. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it (and I've halted a lot of 'purchases' for just that reason). As I said before, I (personally) don't lease cars. I would rather learn to use a lower cost alternative that I can *own* than a really cool product (that has tons of features I really don't need but are super neat) that I *lease*. ![]() I've sat in enough meetings to know that (plus, it is just common sense). And, yes, even though we haven't been paying for the product, we are *absolutely* customers. Let us not forget, however, that there are two sides to the equation with customers being the balancing half. As an industry trend, I completely understand why companies *want* subscriptions. It is a quality organization, and I have a lot of respect for their development team. I actually *almost* worked for AutoDesk once, and I know a fair number of people that have done so. ![]() Sure, people have strong opinions (myself included regarding subscriptions), but there has been some great information here regarding different systems. I have to say that I'm really happy with the way this thread has progressed. Is it stable? Do you feel like it is going to be around for a while? How many axis does it support (I'm sure I could get that from the internet, I know)? Does it really generate good g-code? Are the posts well targeted to a controller (QCAD's for instance, generates massive files when built-in procedures on some controls would do the trick in very few lines)? Frankly, is it suited for a full size CNC? Fundamentally, are you happy with it? ![]() ![]() I'd really like to hear peoples thoughts about CamBam. I guess I'm not capable of being pleased! LOL. Having updates every 6 months to 'justify' a subscription is something I rail about, and now no updates bother me too. They finally came out with 1.0.0, but the length of development time caused me some concern. I mean, it was at version 0.9.8 for years, I think. Part of my problem with it is that I've never gotten the feeling that it is very well supported. What low cost/free CAM systems out there will do four or five axis g-code? Most of the lower cost CAM systems are 2.5D only, although some will do 3 simultaneous axis But, I guess that is a good topic for question. But, it will also be impossible for you to now program. It may not be as still as a Fanuc/Hass/Matsuura/etc, but it will definitely allow you to do an awful lot. Get a few steppers together plus a trunnion table and you'll have 5 axis pretty quickly for not much money. Unfortunately for them, I think that more and more people are doing multi axis CAM though. ![]()
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