Cambam vs Lazycam?

Ron Bean

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Mar 26, 2011, 9:58:38 AM3/26/11

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Has anyone compared Cambam to Lazycam?

I tend to forget about Lazycam because it comes with Mach3 and isn't
really a separate program.

Tom Gondek

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Mar 26, 2011, 12:14:37 PM3/26/11

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I've been watching the videos on CamBam and it looks nice. I was planning
on downloading it this weekend. Lazycam is VERY limited, and not the
easiest program to use. From my understanding, it is not being developed,
but is included as a tool to do some quick g-code programing.

Have Blue

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Mar 26, 2011, 2:12:13 PM3/26/11

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I'll simply echo Tom's comments - Lazycam isn't being developed
anymore due to the increasing number of free/low-cost CAM programs.
CamBam looks to be making enhancements at a rapid rate, and I'm
tempted to buy a copy, as once you have a license, you'll get future
versions for free (and I despise the upgrade cost treadmill that all
the big CAD/CAM vendors put you on).

- Michael
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photozz

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Mar 27, 2011, 12:44:49 AM3/27/11

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Has anyone tried the Phlatscript in Google sketchup yet? I'm trying to find the best way to ease into 3d modeling for CNC.

http://www.phlatforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2&sid=51f6db3208e691354472ad6eebc70a9a

Brent

Ron Bean

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Mar 27, 2011, 9:12:14 AM3/27/11

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>Has anyone tried th*e *Phlatscript in Google sketchup yet? I'm trying to

>find the best way to ease into 3d modeling for CNC.

I haven't tried that one yet. Check out HeeksCAD/HeekdCAM--
they're not well documented yet, but they're under active development.

http://code.google.com/p/heekscad/

Installation for Windows:
http://code.google.com/p/heekscad/wiki/CompilingForWindows

Installation for Ubuntu:
http://code.google.com/p/heekscad/wiki/BuildWithCmakeOnUbuntu

They also have instructions for ArchLinux and OpenSUSE, and OSX.

Ron Bean

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Mar 27, 2011, 9:19:22 AM3/27/11

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>I've been watching the videos on CamBam and it looks nice. I was
>planning on downloading it this weekend.

Should we take up a collection to buy a license for the makerspace?

Tom Gralewicz

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Mar 27, 2011, 10:18:35 AM3/27/11

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I would use the 40 free runs first, there is a copy loaded on the 2 PCs on the desks in the Lab.

Tom

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Royce Pipkins

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Mar 27, 2011, 10:19:21 AM3/27/11

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Lets burn up our trial period, make a few projects and then evaulate. I'm almost ready on my exterior unit front panel design.

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Ron Bean <maker...@rbean.users.panix.com> wrote:

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