Hey guys, I’ve had my PRIMO for a while now and I’ve always wanted to figure out how to use FUSION360 as my primary CAM tool but have yet to figure out how to make it happen. All of my work so far has been done using ESTLCAM which has allowed me to produce some satisfying results (to me at least) I …

I paid for EstlCAM and never looked back, really. I use Fusion360, but have never even attempted to use it for CAM. Perhaps not a helpful answer… The only limitation I have found with Estlcam is that it sometimes forgets to take into account the other side of the tool and can try to cut into the wo…

There is a significant learning curve associated with both the CAD and the CAM components of Fusion 360. I was using Fusion 360 for CAD for 3D printing, so I was inspired to make the CAM work for my MPCNC. Note that you can use Fusion 360 for CAD and then take the resulting files and use Estlcam f…

I personally use a paid version of ESTLCAM. I have recently replaced my MPCNC primo with a printnc (sorry Ryan Z) and I still use ESTLCAM for the the CAM with great results on that as well.

I may as well chuck in my limited experience as I’m hopefully about to get my primo running again and cutting instead of drawing and pretending to cut :slightly_smiling_face: (I haven’t used it for 12 months) I’ve tried Estlcam and Fusion for CAM and found Estlcam to be far easier and simpler to us…

[image] gareth: free version of Fusion no longer exports DXF files I’m not sure how to get from Fusion to Estlcam? This is not true. The free version does export DXF files. Right click on any sketch and select “Save as DXF.” My original sketches tend to have a lot of construction lines, or…

Ah, I didnt know that was possible. I’ve always used File>Export for STL and DXF exports and thats where the DXF option was greyed out when the licence terms were altered.

Exporting a whole project as DXF is a bit strange given how most people use DXF files. That is, DXF files are used for exporting 2D data, and a Fusion 360 file is typically composed of 3D models. Some time ago, I did a bit of research into the DXF file format. It turns out that it does support 3D…

My preference is FreeCAD - fully featured open source CAD/CAM at a price you can’t beat.

I’m surprised no one mentioned kiri:moto. It uses stls, but doesn’t always follow contours like estlcam does with stls. But FWIW, I use estlcam, mostly.

+1 for Estlcam. Bought it, and run its firmware on my board.

What is everyone's preferred CAM software

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Here’s a series of freecad tutorials as well as a mini-tutorial I wrote on generating paths for cnc