Winston Moy | Free 3D CAM Programs: FreeMILL & PyCAM Overview @WinstonMakes | Uploaded 10 years ago | Updated 5 hours ago
If you want to step up from 2.5D projects and do some "real" 3D milling, can you do it without spending money on a CAM program? Keeping my promise of being open-minded and trying out other CAM software, this week I'm looking at two options.
More info about the STL file format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_file_format
Disclaimer: This video cannot take the place of a proper tutorial.
Programs Used:
http://pycam.sourceforge.net
http://mecsoft.com/freemill
http://openscam.com (visualization)
If you want to step up from 2.5D projects and do some "real" 3D milling, can you do it without spending money on a CAM program? Keeping my promise of being open-minded and trying out other CAM software, this week I'm looking at two options.
More info about the STL file format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_file_format
Disclaimer: This video cannot take the place of a proper tutorial.
Programs Used:
http://pycam.sourceforge.net
http://mecsoft.com/freemill
http://openscam.com (visualization)