Heekscnc keeps crashing can anyone suggest other free 3d cam programs?

Stephen_Creech · January 10, 2015, 9:22pm

Kyle_Kerr · January 10, 2015, 9:29pm

Have you spent any time looking at PyCAM? It’s rough around the edges and likely still being developed.

Kyle_Kerr · January 10, 2015, 9:31pm

I don’t know anything about makercam, and, I can’t look at it one my phone, but, it is worth a look.

Stephen_Creech · January 10, 2015, 9:32pm

I downloaded pycam, but I haven’t invested any time because it looks so rough around the edges.

Kyle_Kerr · January 10, 2015, 9:35pm

Someone (?) on the shapeoko blog covered it a bit and compared it with freecam vs meshcam.

Stephen_Creech · January 10, 2015, 9:43pm

Thanks @Kyle_Kerr I’ll scan the shapeoko blog

Arthur_Wolf · January 10, 2015, 11:34pm

It’s not free, but you should probably take a look at Cambam …

Wes_Devauld · January 11, 2015, 12:00am

Autodesk’s fusion 360 has HSMExpress all for free (for noncommercial or startups)

Kalle_Luutsepp · January 11, 2015, 6:18am

Cambam have free solution. Scroll down in download page and you see.

SirGeekALot · January 11, 2015, 8:31am

I haven’t really used any of them but I have been looking at: BlenderCAM, Openscam, and Makercam.

Tyler_Harney · January 11, 2015, 10:10am

I use CamBam and love it, however only have done 2.5D stuff. There is a free version available as well.

SirGeekALot · January 11, 2015, 8:13pm

It seems http://chilipeppr.com/ is another one to investigate.

Adam_Conway · January 12, 2015, 5:53am

I have been happy with heeks, maybe try on a different computer

SirGeekALot · January 13, 2015, 8:54pm

Shapeoko thread on improved stability, bugs/fixes in HeeksCAD: http://projects.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3286