being developed by enthusiasts.Īn interesting diversion on my path to enlightenment. Inkscape and gcodetools are both free and open-source. If that's the standard of spport from the Pro's, I am glad I can't afford it !! Unless you are a big enterprise firm with sales over $2,000,000 USD, PTC forces you to buy from a VAR. I have experienced many scams and very "sharp" business practices from several VAR's, and always have had to pay much more for licenses etc. PTC VAR's (who you buy ProE and Creo from) are not to be trusted. When I do it is a serious problem, and have not yet received a useful "fix" reply in less than 5 days, sometimes not at all, so it is of no use to me at all. As a user of PTC products since 1993, I don't have to call them with a critical "showstopper" problem very often, maybe once a year. If you need to call their help desk you speak to very polite but completely useless staff in India or Bangladesh that have a script and standard spiel but are usually not fully trained in ProE. In person training by an expert is usually best, and with a good trainer you can get up to speed quickly.
#Inkscape gcode cnc software#
PTC's help /training software is among the absolute worst in the business. Most industry ProE users use a secondary CNC programming tool like Mastercam for CNC. PTC still do not have an industry standard CNC programming module that works well.
#Inkscape gcode cnc plus#
ProE and Creo are professional design and drawing software and full-capability user licenses start in North America at around $7500 USD each, plus around $1500/year base module maintenance, upward as more modules are added. The new drawing interface ribbon in Creo is really bad compared to ProE's drawing tools in my opinon. it is still early days for the Creo lineup, and there are still some pretty big bugs and problems, compared to ProE which has become very stable over the years.
They are good quality, but there are a few things to be aware of: I use PTC ProE and Creo products in my day job. That said, it was the availability of gcodetools that really attracted me to Inkscape. CREO Elements definitely looks worth further investigation! I've just had a very quick look through the PTC website, and was impressed by this video.
#Inkscape gcode cnc code#
I've not tried g code in any shape or form so cant comment on that part. (i'm currently trying to learn CREOElements/ Direct Modelling Express which is a free 3D package. I decided it wasnt really suitable for 'engineering' type drawings, although i have no doubt it could be used for that. Somethings dont work as you'd first expect, and there is the odd bug, but in general its pretty good. We found it fairly straightforward to learn. My wife and i use Inkscape to develop designs for her paper cutter - (effectively a sign cutter) - this functions like a roll plotter, except with a sharp knife instead of a pen. Is there anyone out there with experience? I have installed Inkscape and the gcodetools 'extension' on my Mac.īoth look very powerful, but I suspect that the learning curve will be steep. Note: Topic is 'CNC machine tools' because that's what G-Code drives.
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