CAD/CAM Software Tips

MakerCam All you MakerCam users out there: CamBam What’s CamBam? Sketchup Sketchup is a 3D CAD program that’s popular with beginners and those with 2D backgrounds find it easy to migrate to. It does not incorporate CAM features. Illustration Software Illustration software is sometimes used to draw shapes used later in CAM software to create toolpaths. Fusion 360 F360 Users are well supported by the community there and there are tons of videos on youtube, etc. As they are recommended, I’ll add them here. FreeCAD FreeCAD is a free 3D CAD software package that will run on Mac, Windows and Linux. It’s fully extensible with Python programming. You can find it at freecadweb.org. OnShape OnShape is a 3D CAD software package that runs in a browser and has cloud file storage. It’s free for hobbyists.

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Convert .ai or .pdf to dxf?! CAD/CAM Software Tips	5	134	March 31, 2020
New to me Fusion 360 workflow exporting an SVG from Fusion Fusion 360	3	124	March 28, 2020