rustysilo Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Now I doubt it is a project I'll take on anytime soon, but I saw a few tutorials on how to build your own CNC machine on instructables.com and I thought "hey, that would be pretty freakin cool to do that" so I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good free CAM software that I'd be able to use with one of these CNC machines. I had searched on sourceforge.net, but I'm not exactly sure what all to look for in the software or which ones are the better quality software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pefi Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Have you seen this: http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cadcam.htm Przemo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustysilo Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Hey thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Thanks guys, I am going to look into this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince0115 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Here's another: cadcamw.zip from www.software.files.download.com. Cost is free to try; UD$95.00 to buy. It's supposed to be pretty good. If all you need to do is write/edit CNC codes and have a graphic program check (including tool compensation, spindle rotation, coolant flow, etc.) then go to www.cncsimulator.com which is the site for micro-tech international. Download the simulator solftware. It's freeware; I use it (and so do my students) whch I teach programming classes (2 nights a week). Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johyn Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Cambam works well but not a 3d cam.. I did build my own CNC router and it was a very cool project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuccaro Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 It sounds nice, Johyn! Can you tell us more about that project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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