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The Open Source Fab Lab is a robust flexible and digital fabrication facility. When the enabling information | |||
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http://www.appropedia.org/Callooh | #http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome - a well-developed project - already achieved self-replication | ||
dy for assembly at Factor e Farm | |||
#http://opensourcemachine.org/node/2 - project implementations built by developer - I don't know if anyone replicated this yet; documentation needs development; Factor e Farm engagement - parts list and drawings being developed (6.08) and implementation scheduled for July, 08 at Factor e Farm | |||
#http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Torch_Table - all materials sourced, torch table ready for assembly and connection to LinuxCNC - need a volunteer to visit us here to build this - let us know if you know of anyone | |||
#http://www.appropedia.org/Callooh - project on paper; code work in progress | |||
=Software= | =Software= | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 13 June 2008
What is an Open Source Fab Lab
The Open Source Fab Lab is a robust flexible and digital fabrication facility. When the enabling information
Existing Work
- http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome - a well-developed project - already achieved self-replication
dy for assembly at Factor e Farm
- http://opensourcemachine.org/node/2 - project implementations built by developer - I don't know if anyone replicated this yet; documentation needs development; Factor e Farm engagement - parts list and drawings being developed (6.08) and implementation scheduled for July, 08 at Factor e Farm
- http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Torch_Table - all materials sourced, torch table ready for assembly and connection to LinuxCNC - need a volunteer to visit us here to build this - let us know if you know of anyone
- http://www.appropedia.org/Callooh - project on paper; code work in progress
Software
Message from Sam:
Marcin, I am in transit right now. But, a quick reply:
Although it is extremely difficult to learn to use, http://www.brlcad.org/ is the most robust that I have tried this far.
http://www.qcad.org/qcad.html is also really nice for 2D CAD work.
http://www.linuxcnc.org/ looks awesome, but is only an "Enhanced Machine Controller", and doesn't provide CAD drawing, nor CAM toolpaths (G-code drawing). What it does is interpret g-code toolpaths to move the actual XYZ table, or whatever machine you are controlling.
So, linuxcnc is essential, but as I have no machines to run yet, i have not had much of a way to test it out.
Also, for non-commercial use http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/ (cam.py and cad.py) those are some simple but useful software programs both cad drawing and cam toolpath generation (but are not fully open source, as we discussed earlier)
I am still searching for other software, but you can really do a lot with brl-cad and q-cad.
I still want to try http://www-rocq.inria.fr/OpenFEM/ and http://avocado-cad.sourceforge.net/ and http://www.cademia.org/frontend/index.php?sub=29 and http://www.opencascade.org/ don't know anything about those yet.
BRL-CAD
If you plan on trying to use BRL-CAD, the PDF's on this page are essential reading http://www.brlcad.org/wiki/Documentation
BRL-CAD Industry Diagram
