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jpvonoy
03-06-2020, 12:58 PM
Is anyone using Solidworks with LinuxCNC (previsously known as EMC)? I use LinuxCNC to drive my DIY CNC router, and am looking for a post processor that will generate gcode that is compatible with LinuxCNC.

I have been using Fusion 360, which has a post built in for LinuxCNC. I've finally started learning Solidworks and have generated the toolpaths, but got hung up when it was time to choose the post processor.

Thanks,
Jeremy

car46999
04-21-2020, 06:24 PM
Jeremy,
I have not used it yet but this is what I followed. Would be interested to hear if it works for you.

https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/229750


http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Cam_Post


https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/238321

car46999
04-21-2020, 09:57 PM
Jeremy,
I just tried this post processor on my machine (Chinese 3040 cnc) and I was able to get it to work. It initially failed to run the Gcode, but after removing the three instances of tools in the Gcode it ran.