QTPLASMAC integrated cad/cam

Here is the first rendition of the nesting feature, needs alot more work but its starting to get rolling. would be pretty revolutionary to have free automatic nesting. 



 

with automatic nesting sheet metal tracking could be implemented pretty easily. keep track of ur scraps and steel inventory. set auto order to automatically send a email to the steel supply, would be pretty neat when it runs low.

Here is updated nesting using sparrow algorithm. Im also including the github repo for anyone who wants to use the software or work on the software. If you make any changes you would like to share make a github and include them here and I will test and implement them into the main build. To build the software I am using claude code, pretty much just text to code dont have to be a genius just good at coming up with ideas a 20 dollar subscription to the ai and some free time on your hands. 
Here is the github link  github.com/xxhalflifexx-source/plasmacam
since the start of writing this post I also added it so it can nest even tighter by rotating the parts at 1 degree increments, its honestly mostly on par as far as i can tell with industrial grade nesting software. but yea here u guys go, go wild. if you like the project put some time into improving it any way you can. 

 

Got my first cuts made with it today, took a while to get the gcode to work correctly with qt plasma c
We also added a image to dxf function, still needs some work but its a start. 
I added a kerf width calculation wizard... cut out a test piece input the actual cut size vs the wanted cut size and it calculates what your kerf width is spoused to be. I did a install on a friends computer and some of the install seems broken, need to make it more shareable if anyone else wants to easily use it. Not to shabby tho for only being 2 weeks into the project part time.  

Any Update?

tcbmetalworks wrote:

Here is updated nesting using sparrow algorithm. Im also including the github repo for anyone who wants to use the software or work on the software. 

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Here is the github link  github.com/xxhalflifexx-source/plasmacam
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unfortunately, I can't find this one on github