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@@prfssrleee check the video about installing blender cam on my channel

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@@opensourcecnc many thanks!

Not sure if it was translated ok, but if you want to create hold down tags, see episode 6, the tag dressup, on my channel

ruclips.net/video/fPUv5GdG1BY/видео.html

Dziękuję bardzo za pomoc

Thank you! Cheers!

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'll give you a free copy. I added/fixed everything that bothered me with other CAM packages.

Thanks! But my channel is about open source software. Your program, no matter how good it is, is not in this category

@@opensourcecnc that makes sense, and i understand. (I wrote the program because i couldn't find any open-source that was easy to use and not cloud/rental. It's really cheap too.)

Thanks! More to come, for sure

I find it complicated, too. Plus, it has some issues that makes it virtually unusable in this way for CNC, because you have to apply all transformations and modifiers before being able to make the G Code, otherwise it won't create any toolpath except the base box. But it was a test and it looks promising

Glad it was of use. I think that for some things FreeCAD is the way to go, but for others, the more "artistic" ones, Blender is much better

Thanks! I'm trying to keep a balance between the two of them, I've just posted another video about blender to try to level things up :)

Thanks!

Great to hear!

Thanks! I was just taking a look at the Marz Guitar Workbench, so video about milling it is going to arrive in the near future

@@opensourcecnc you could do a series.. finish up by cutting out the parts on your cnc.. if you need any help with the luthier side of the vids please let me know .. thanks again I’m really looking forward to this… cheers 👍🤙

I made the first step, I started reporting all the bugs that I encounter. We'll see where it will go from there

I am just starting to work with the devs. I went to the Springfield meetup last month. Version 1.0 will be a major achievement. I consider both REST machining and adaptive toolpaths to be critical doing serious work with FreeCAD. If you are interested in helping ... and that could be just writing user documentation .... please reach out.

Thank you for your invitation. I will for sure take into consideration contributing. Not sure for now exactly how, but there are a lot of things that can get better and the only way it can happen is if we all work together.

Thanks! From what I know, the first release candidate will be out next week

@@opensourcecnc :D

I'm working on several improvements for the script, but for now it only accepts one face. Blender cam for sure does a better job at 3d surface

@@opensourcecnc 👍

Thanks, glad you liked it

Thank you!

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Glad you like them!

You're welcome! I just posted it, but get ready for my longest video yet :)

Thank You! I'm glad my work is helpful. And, of course, a really big Thanks! for the "Big Thanks"!

When creating the job (or double click on it to edit), go to the "Tools" tab, and in the table with the tools, you have two separate values, H and V. Double click on the V and enter a lower value, that's the vertical feed speed. If you want to modify the rapid speed (the one used when not cutting), under the tools table you have a tab called default values. There you can set the speed when the toolbit is not cutting. Hope this helps

@@opensourcecnc aaahh got it!! Thanx a TON!!

Thanks! I'm working on that exact same topic, but the operations are quite buggy so I'm currently trying to discover workarounds.

@@opensourcecnc I wonder if KiriMoto CAM would be better at 3D/curved CAM operations.

@AndreMonthy haven't heard of it or used it, but I'll take a look, if it's open source. Otherwise, it's outside the scope of my channel. Edit: Checked it, it has absolutely no 3D capability, only 2.5D, so don't see how it could handle 3D operations. Plus some text saying that current capabilities are free, but the professional upcoming ones will be based on subscription, worries me to the point where I don't even feel like trying it

damn that sucks.

Not a problem, I'm working on doing it with FreeCAD and I'm almost there

Thank you! I'm glad the video is helpful. And especially glad that struggling with that huge pointer made a difference :)

Thanks for letting me know. But I hope that at least that way they are still useful

@@opensourcecnc Yes your content is very informative! Try going slow and use a cursor with yellow circle because you drag the mouse too fast and then it's lost 😁

Thanks! It makes me very happy to hear such kind words. I know of a few that do watch my channel, so let's hope for many improvements in the future

Thanks! Glad you like them. We don't talk about the other thing... ;)

Thank you! On a rectangular surface such as this one, the pocket is way faster both at computing and at running. Also, on a i7 8750, after 5 minutes of computing the boundary dress up for the adaptive operation, I had to force close FreeCAD. Of course there are more ways of doing things, each of them with advantages and disadvantages. The adaptive is, indeed, good for extending the toolbits life. It is especially useful when milling metals. On wood, as long as you don't burn it by setting too high rpm, there's a higher risk of breaking the bit using the adaptive than to dull the tip by using too small layers for a pocket operation.

About the "rest option". It is a great concept, but it works acceptable 2 out of 10 times, for now. It will probably get better over time, but now it's just a matter of luck.

@@opensourcecnc I have to ask what version of FreeCAD you are running. I use 0.22 as my daily version, and I don't know that I have seen issues with either. Have you submitted bug reports? I just left a FreeCAD meetup last week and 0.22 is about to become a release candidate in the next week or two. Both of those features are queued for version 1.0, so if there are bugs, please report them.

@@carlslater7492 I use 0.22, too. I haven't submitted bug reports, my last few experiences (a long time ago, I have to admit) about submitting bugs were very bad. I just gave up

Btw, I remember you asked me about the grbl post processor: please set the default for drilling to automatically translate the instructions, it's really annoying to have to manually set a parameter in a quite deep place in order to not have errors when sending the code to a grbl controller.

Thanks!

Glad it was helpful

I've seen it. For now it's light years away worse than the 0.21 measuring tools. The concept is not really bad, but it needs a lot of work

Thanks! Showing that it actually works is essential...

You're welcome!

You can use the adaptive operation. It's built exactly for that, even though it has some limitations (only round pattern)

@@opensourcecnc Hello, I gave it a try and it did work with a little playing around. I made a Hex shape and a Cam lobe shape both extruded from a square plate. Once again thanks for your help.

Thanks!

Try a fresh blender install, the latest version. There's an error or module missing in your version. If that doesn't work, try installing the blender+blender cam bundle from blender cam.com

You're welcome!

You have to enable the experimental features in the path (0.21) or cam (0.22) workbench. Unfortunately, I don't have a video about that, but I'll make one soon. Here's the official page with instructions: wiki.freecad.org/CAM_experimental

@@opensourcecnc Hi, thanks for the link , I carried out the changes on the 0.21.2 and all works as you show in your video. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks again!

Awesome! Thank you!

Coming soon!

Glad I could help!