cad/cam for cnc router & lathe

If you actually have Solidworks then you probably want to use HSMexpress as that is a free add-on
www.hsmworks.com/hsmxpress/
There is a postprocessor for LinuxCNC (called EMC for historical reasons)
The non-free versions of HSMworks are correspondingly better (producing some excellent tool paths) but are very much not-free.

But that is a completely different world to FreeCAD and CamBam.

Iam interested in open src free solutions so for cad qcad (librecad) and freecad(very interresting) exist right?
For cam other option than cambam that outputs compatible g code for linuxcnc?
Because iam totally new iam searching something with easy learning curve.

With cnc router i want to drill and cut pcbs i designed with diptrace,
make simple boxes from plexiglass for pcbs (cutting plexiglass sheets),
photo engrave to black granite,
milling letters to marble (2.5D),
engraving to anodized aluminum pipes(i need 4th axis for this)

vre wrote: Iam interested in open src free solutions so for cad qcad (librecad) and freecad(very interresting) exist right?
For cam other option than cambam that outputs compatible g code for linuxcnc?

CamBam isn't open-source, nor is it free. At around the same price you can find SheetCAM (2D only, mostly) and MeshCAM (probably better than CamBam but more expensive).

There is also PyCAM which is Free and Open Source but also rather slow compared to the others.

Meshcam & sheetcam output compatible code for linuxcnc?

I use Sheetcam for my plasma cutter. Took some fiddling with the post processor to make it work for my needs.

JT

vre wrote: Meshcam & sheetcam output compatible code for linuxcnc?

Yes. And both work under Linux too. (using Wine in the case of MeshCAM)
www.grzsoftware.com/users/linux-cnc/
www.sheetcam.com/downloads
CamBam runs natively on Linux: www.cambam.info/ref/ref.linux


None of the above are Open Source as far as I know.