Yes, I have been running EMC on Linux for almost 1 year now. While I am not
up to the task, you certainly can customize it if you have the skills. Ray
Henry has done a real nice back plot routine that lets you see the tool
paths.
Tim
[Denver, CO]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike [mailto:mnels@...]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:34 PM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@...
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Opinions: Cheap 3-axis Software
At 03:43 PM 5/1/00 -0600, you wrote:
If you are at all computer savvy and don't mind learning a little Linux I
would suggest you take a look at EMC. Start with www.linuxcnc.org
It certainly qualifies from your price requirement (free) and supports
steppers or servos.
Tim
[Denver, CO]
Tim,
Thanks for the feedback. The linux world is tempting, but the learning
curve on all this is steep enough without throwing a new operating system
into the mix. Perhaps I can get started with some cheap/free DOS based
software and graduate to the open linux stuff later?
Do you run the EMC software? I assume it's open source so if
you're savvy
you can customize it?
Thanks again,
Mike
