Fun with hot, pointy, caustic things
Fun with hot, pointy, caustic things
For the last few months I’ve been helping out with a side project to write a CAM workbench for FreeCAD. Being a not-very-good programmer, I’ve focused on cheer-leading, testing, and trying to stay out of the way. The project has come a long way, but it will still be a long time before the average…
Note: The following article appeared in Digital Machinist Volume 5 No. 3 Fall 2010. HeeksCAD has continued to mature since then. The current user interface may vary significantly from the images below. No Secrets: Open-source CAM application bares all. In the opening scene of the 1981 movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, explorers come upon…