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  1. #1
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    Looking for open source or free CAM software that support 4 axis machine

    Hi, any please recommend some of it, it will great if it can run on linux,

    i looking for a while, but found nothing

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    KCam, EMC2, Mach3, TurboCNC,and other CNC related software links. about half way down the page.
    I use Google Sketchup for the CAD and the PhlatScript plugin for G-code generation, then Mach3 for the CNC control, but I'm running a WinXP machine.

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    thank Dorsal, but i can't see any program that can support my 4 axis cnc for free especially on linux

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    Pencil, paper and calculator is about all you will do for free.
    www.integratedmechanical.ca

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    EMC2 - "It can simultaneously move up to 9 axes and supports a variety of interfaces."

    How much more confirmation do you want? LinuxCNC.org - About

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    Thank, DareBee

    I think that way should require some brain and a lot of knowledge

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorsal View Post
    EMC2 - "It can simultaneously move up to 9 axes and supports a variety of interfaces."

    How much more confirmation do you want? LinuxCNC.org - About
    That's not CAM software. CAM software generates G-Code.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Clara View Post
    That's not CAM software. CAM software generates G-Code.
    Let's look at this another way; There are either of two possibilities here, and I'll leave it to you to calculate the probabilities of each, to lead you to the solution of your quest:
    1) You are the FIRST person in the WORLD who ever tried to run a CNC from a Linux machine and it's never been done yet
    - - - OR - -
    2) You have already been provided the answer but are unwilling to read or incapable of understanding the functionality of the software the REST OF THE LINUX WORLD has been using since long before you were born.
    (wedge)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorsal View Post
    Let's look at this another way; There are either of two possibilities here, and I'll leave it to you to calculate the probabilities of each, to lead you to the solution of your quest:
    1) You are the FIRST person in the WORLD who ever tried to run a CNC from a Linux machine and it's never been done yet
    - - - OR - -
    2) You have already been provided the answer but are unwilling to read or incapable of understanding the functionality of the software the REST OF THE LINUX WORLD has been using since long before you were born.
    (wedge)
    A) I didn't ask the question; and,
    B) He doesn't appear to be asking about the controller software--he specifically says CAM software, and EMC2 is not CAM software, it's controller software.

  10. #10
    linux cad cam heekscnc - Project Hosting on Google Code
    its not 4 axis but hopefully it gets you that much closer to what your looking for

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    A poet knows no boundary yet he is bound to the boundaries of ones own mind !! ........

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