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vtsteam:
I still use TurboCNC in DOS. I run it on a 1998 Thinkpad 600E laptop that I hacked up to a Pent 3 and overclocked to 800 mhz.
Not necessary for TurboCNC, since it will run happily on an even slower computer, but hey it was what I had in the "retired" bin. It has a parallel port. I also transfer my G-code to it via USB thumb drive -- booting the lappie briefly into, uhhhh ahem Win98SE.
My normal OS flavor on my more recent lappie is Puppy Linux, and I run SketchUP and SKetchUCam in WINE on that to draw and generate G-code.
ps. Libre Office Write will write pdfs, and Inkscape will hack the vector graphics right out of pdf's and rewrite it into any format you want.
awemawson:
I found TurboCNC very easy to customise and used it for PC upgrades on a Denford ORAC CNC lathe and also a TRIAC mill. Previously they had proprietary hardware. Having access to it at code level made things easy integrating a tool turret on the lathe and probing on the mill.
Dawai:
Off topic a second? SketchUcam??? I can not download it. It says download unavailable.
I need a simple near like autocad 14 drafting program too. I know autocad 14 since I worked as a engineer (1990s) and they had a license, I had a ebay purchased copy, but it "quit" and Norton informed it had a worm. (after I used it for a year or more)
I have sketchup on this machine. Not learned how to use it yet.
vtsteam:
--- Quote from: Dawai on September 04, 2014, 06:53:28 AM ---Off topic a second? SketchUcam??? I can not download it. It says download unavailable.
--- End quote ---
The proper download link for ver 1.1d (latest release) is here
http://www.phlatforum.com/xenforo/attachments/sketchucam-1_1d-rbz.519/
You may have to join the phlatforum to access it at that link -- not sure, since I already belong.
Definitely worthwhile joining the forum to get info on installing, tutorials, example projects, etc. All documentation is there.
Explanation of "phlatforum" and "phlatboyz": This software was originally written for a proprietary machine called the "phlatprinter" a mill that cuts out 2D foam sheet parts for R/C model airplanes. Phlatboyz have always made the software free and open source, and over the years it has been extended to include competing gantry style mills, and multipass pocketing. not just 2D on the phlatprinter. It's a good outfit, with a good philosophy. And the forum is very interesting.
There are many Sketchup video tutorials there as well as sketch-ucam tutorials. So, both CAD and CAM instruction.
It's not the best organized info in the world -- hence your earlier problem finding the proper download link. But hey whaddya want, egg in yer beer?
MetalMagus:
I have always found A9CAD a good free substitute for AutoCAD when creating 2D drawings.
Regards
Sean
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