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18 Aug 2020 18:25 #178618 by Aldenflorio

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What are some designing programs that work well in accordance with linuxcnc? I’m building a plasma cnc so all I need is 2d and I don’t need it to be super advanced. I’d prefer for it to easy to understand though I’m not against learning. And I would like it to be free. Could

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18 Aug 2020 21:08 #178632 by tommylight

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Inkscape.

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19 Aug 2020 02:17 #178665 by Aldenflorio

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Thank you

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19 Aug 2020 02:21 #178666 by AgentWD40

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I like librecad for quick 2d parts... I need to learn fusion.

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19 Aug 2020 04:51 #178671 by anfänger

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Qcad has a free version

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19 Aug 2020 06:31 #178680 by tommylight

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Forgot to mention, Inkscape will export gcode ready for use in LinuxCNC.
With FreeCAD and QCAD you will need to use dxf2gcode that is also very easy to use.

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19 Aug 2020 06:50 #178685 by Aldenflorio

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Thank you all, I’ll try each of them

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19 Aug 2020 07:51 #178687 by anfänger

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Quad should have a gco generator but I don’t know if they have it in the community version.
I rarely use it anymore since I have fusion.

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23 Aug 2020 17:28 #179120 by Todd Zuercher

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tommylight wrote:
Forgot to mention, Inkscape will export gcode ready for use in LinuxCNC.
With FreeCAD and QCAD you will need to use dxf2gcode that is also very easy to use.

FreeCAD is capable of generating quite nice G-code on it's own, including reasonably good HSM tool paths.

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23 Aug 2020 17:49 #179123 by tommylight

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Todd wrote:
FreeCAD is capable of generating quite nice G-code on it's own, including reasonably good HSM tool paths.

Oh, that is nice.
Now that you mention it, i recall you mentioning it a while back also, but must have forgotten about it.
Thank you, Todd.

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