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Bob LaLonde CAMBAM
Bob, seeing you on the CAMBAM forum, I'm remembering it was you who
suggested I try it. Man, were you right! Andy Payne is both responsive and quite smart. This package is the CAM. Thanks for your lead. It never showed up in the "affordable CAM" searches I did. But what a find it is. Thanks again, LLoyd |
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Bob LaLonde CAMBAM
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
. 3.70... Bob, seeing you on the CAMBAM forum, I'm remembering it was you who suggested I try it. Man, were you right! Andy Payne is both responsive and quite smart. This package is the CAM. Thanks for your lead. It never showed up in the "affordable CAM" searches I did. But what a find it is. Thanks again, LLoyd I have tried half a dozen affordable CAM programs including a couple that cost more, and its pretty hard to beat CamBam anywere close to that price. Its got some minor cutter compensation things which need to be addressed still for true 3D cutting with ball end mills, and some of the 3D work I do is still a little confusing, but its head and shoulders above anything else I can afford. I can take a "3D file" to "cut file" in minutes for a simple operation. I am still mastering version 9.7.f, but as soon as Andy announces 9.8 is stable I'm going to be all over it. He has improved 3D processing, made repeating machine operations and linking objects faster. Lots of cool stuff in 9.8... and the best part... the upgrade is free. I'm glad I was able to help. I know I sound like one of those fanboys I so despise in other groups, but this is really unbelievable for the price, and like I said before. Its a real bonus that the developer is so response to ideas, requests, and criticizm. The other users on his forum are great too. Bubba, 10bulls, and even c.sitas (another beginner like me) are all helpful too. Even when I have asked really stupid questions somebody has stepped up and put me back on the right track. The 40 uses trial is pretty cool too. I designed a dozen parts or more that I actually cut during the trial installation. For the little bit I did you are most welcome. |
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Bob LaLonde CAMBAM
On 2010-12-18, Bob La Londe wrote:
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message . 3.70... Bob, seeing you on the CAMBAM forum, I'm remembering it was you who suggested I try it. Man, were you right! Andy Payne is both responsive and quite smart. This package is the CAM. Thanks for your lead. It never showed up in the "affordable CAM" searches I did. But what a find it is. Thanks again, LLoyd I have tried half a dozen affordable CAM programs including a couple that cost more, and its pretty hard to beat CamBam anywere close to that price. Its got some minor cutter compensation things which need to be addressed still for true 3D cutting with ball end mills, and some of the 3D work I do is still a little confusing, but its head and shoulders above anything else I can afford. I can take a "3D file" to "cut file" in minutes for a simple operation. [ ... ] The 40 uses trial is pretty cool too. I designed a dozen parts or more that I actually cut during the trial installation. I went to the web page (after a quick google search) and found quite a bit about it -- but no clue what software and hardware platform it runs on. Based on past experience, if nobody says anything, I have to assume that it runs on Window on Intelm machines, so I won't be able to run it. If it runs on other platforms, I would like to hear about it. And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Thanks, DoN. -- Remove oil spill source from e-mail Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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"DoN. Nichols" fired this volley in
: And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Don, in this world of WinBlows dominance, if it doesn't SAY what system it's good for, it's always Windows. FWIW, the home page shows a screen shot that is unmistakably a Windows screen. LLoyd |
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Bob LaLonde CAMBAM
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
. 3.70... "DoN. Nichols" fired this volley in : And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Don, in this world of WinBlows dominance, if it doesn't SAY what system it's good for, it's always Windows. FWIW, the home page shows a screen shot that is unmistakably a Windows screen. LLoyd It is most definitely a Windows platform package. It should be able to run on some MACs as there are Windows compatibility packages out there for Macs, and there is talk about porting it over to Linux, but Andy is pretty busy right now with working the bugs out of the latest release first. |
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Bob LaLonde CAMBAM
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
... "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message . 3.70... "DoN. Nichols" fired this volley in : And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Don, in this world of WinBlows dominance, if it doesn't SAY what system it's good for, it's always Windows. FWIW, the home page shows a screen shot that is unmistakably a Windows screen. LLoyd It is most definitely a Windows platform package. It should be able to run on some MACs as there are Windows compatibility packages out there for Macs, and there is talk about porting it over to Linux, but Andy is pretty busy right now with working the bugs out of the latest release first. I suppose I should add that I see no need to have it run under Linux unless you are one of those one computer for everything guys. It includes post processors for Mach, EMC, Fanuc, and a couple others. |
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Bob LaLonde CAMBAM
Bob La Londe wrote: "Bob La Londe" wrote in message ... "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message . 3.70... "DoN. Nichols" fired this volley in : And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Don, in this world of WinBlows dominance, if it doesn't SAY what system it's good for, it's always Windows. FWIW, the home page shows a screen shot that is unmistakably a Windows screen. LLoyd It is most definitely a Windows platform package. It should be able to run on some MACs as there are Windows compatibility packages out there for Macs, and there is talk about porting it over to Linux, but Andy is pretty busy right now with working the bugs out of the latest release first. I suppose I should add that I see no need to have it run under Linux unless you are one of those one computer for everything guys. It includes post processors for Mach, EMC, Fanuc, and a couple others. Yes, computers are cheap, there is no reason to try to do everything on one machine and plenty of reasons not to. I have five machines in various locations used for various tasks: - web and mail server (garage) - CAD/CAM desktop (office) - email and surfing laptop (office) - email and surfing laptop (wherever) - CNC (Mach3) control (shop) The network and the mirrored NAS storage box integrate everything nicely. |
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Bob LaLonde CAMBAM
"Pete C." wrote in message
ter.com... Bob La Londe wrote: "Bob La Londe" wrote in message ... "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message . 3.70... "DoN. Nichols" fired this volley in : And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Don, in this world of WinBlows dominance, if it doesn't SAY what system it's good for, it's always Windows. FWIW, the home page shows a screen shot that is unmistakably a Windows screen. LLoyd It is most definitely a Windows platform package. It should be able to run on some MACs as there are Windows compatibility packages out there for Macs, and there is talk about porting it over to Linux, but Andy is pretty busy right now with working the bugs out of the latest release first. I suppose I should add that I see no need to have it run under Linux unless you are one of those one computer for everything guys. It includes post processors for Mach, EMC, Fanuc, and a couple others. Yes, computers are cheap, there is no reason to try to do everything on one machine and plenty of reasons not to. I have five machines in various locations used for various tasks: - web and mail server (garage) - CAD/CAM desktop (office) - email and surfing laptop (office) - email and surfing laptop (wherever) - CNC (Mach3) control (shop) The network and the mirrored NAS storage box integrate everything nicely. I do not have my controller machines on the network. Paranoia I guess, but everything gets scanned manually and then transferred to those via sneaker net. That way I can run a stripped down lean and mean OS on those machines. No firewall. No AV. Nothing using processor time except my controller software. I even where possible turn off all onboard hardware peripheral controllers and use indepent cards with their own processors. Doesn't matter much for hacking out a simple template, but for 60k -150K lines of code it sure does. Its the difference between success and failure. |
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Bob LaLonde CAMBAM
Bob La Londe wrote: "Pete C." wrote in message ter.com... Bob La Londe wrote: "Bob La Londe" wrote in message ... "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message . 3.70... "DoN. Nichols" fired this volley in : And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Don, in this world of WinBlows dominance, if it doesn't SAY what system it's good for, it's always Windows. FWIW, the home page shows a screen shot that is unmistakably a Windows screen. LLoyd It is most definitely a Windows platform package. It should be able to run on some MACs as there are Windows compatibility packages out there for Macs, and there is talk about porting it over to Linux, but Andy is pretty busy right now with working the bugs out of the latest release first. I suppose I should add that I see no need to have it run under Linux unless you are one of those one computer for everything guys. It includes post processors for Mach, EMC, Fanuc, and a couple others. Yes, computers are cheap, there is no reason to try to do everything on one machine and plenty of reasons not to. I have five machines in various locations used for various tasks: - web and mail server (garage) - CAD/CAM desktop (office) - email and surfing laptop (office) - email and surfing laptop (wherever) - CNC (Mach3) control (shop) The network and the mirrored NAS storage box integrate everything nicely. I do not have my controller machines on the network. Paranoia I guess, but everything gets scanned manually and then transferred to those via sneaker net. That way I can run a stripped down lean and mean OS on those machines. No firewall. No AV. Nothing using processor time except my controller software. I even where possible turn off all onboard hardware peripheral controllers and use indepent cards with their own processors. Doesn't matter much for hacking out a simple template, but for 60k -150K lines of code it sure does. Its the difference between success and failure. My CNC controller is running stripped down XP, boots in like 10 seconds, full network connectivity, no issues. Things are pretty well firewalled at the router, since no ports are mapped through pointing at that machine. It's only up when I'm doing CNC milling or plasma cutting, and it can be virus scanned remotely by one of the other machines on the network if I want. My network has been up 24x365 for 6+ years with no issues. |
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On 2010-12-19, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" fired this volley in : And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Don, in this world of WinBlows dominance, if it doesn't SAY what system it's good for, it's always Windows. I sort of figured that -- but I had to ask. It is always possible that they may support other systems as well though one would have expected that if so, they would make a point of mentioning it. :-) FWIW, the home page shows a screen shot that is unmistakably a Windows screen. Not *unmistakably* so. Under X11, there are quite a few choices of window managers, some of which exist purely because they *look* like Windows to the users. Not what *I* want, but what some users want. Enjoy, DoN. -- Remove oil spill source from e-mail Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On 2010-12-19, Bob La Londe wrote:
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message . 3.70... "DoN. Nichols" fired this volley in : And the owner of the web site really should add somewhere to answer this simple question. Don, in this world of WinBlows dominance, if it doesn't SAY what system it's good for, it's always Windows. FWIW, the home page shows a screen shot that is unmistakably a Windows screen. LLoyd It is most definitely a Windows platform package. It should be able to run on some MACs as there are Windows compatibility packages out there for Macs, and there is talk about porting it over to Linux, but Andy is pretty busy right now with working the bugs out of the latest release first. Thanks! The linux port sounds good to me. As for running a Windows emulator to run it -- *that* I will not do. (I do have a single Mac Mini to play with -- but most of my systems are Sun SPARC based ones. Thanks again, DoN. -- Remove oil spill source from e-mail Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
60K to 150K lines of G-code? That is a *lot* of detail. Imagine cutting out 20-50 hemispheres from .200 to .350 with a .0625 ball end mill, and then all the supplemental stuff. Pins, ports, etc etc... (over simplification, but you get the idea, and yes I know a bigger cutter is faster LOL). Actually a lot of my detail work takes less code now that I am learning to do real 3D CAD to get what I want amazingly enough. |
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On 2010-12-20, Bob La Londe wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message 60K to 150K lines of G-code? That is a *lot* of detail. Imagine cutting out 20-50 hemispheres from .200 to .350 with a .0625 ball end mill, and then all the supplemental stuff. Pins, ports, etc etc... (over simplification, but you get the idea, and yes I know a bigger cutter is faster LOL). O.K. I can see where all those lines of code come in. And the bigger cutter is only faster if it is still small enough to fit between the hemispheres you are making. It sounds like a batch projecting from a single surface. BTW Those various accumulated runtimes I posted yesterday -- they are now *all* set back to under 14 hours. We had a power outage this morning longer than the battery backup time available from my UPS. :-) Actually a lot of my detail work takes less code now that I am learning to do real 3D CAD to get what I want amazingly enough. Great! Enjoy, DoN. -- Remove oil spill source from e-mail Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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