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The program saves in a file format that it cannot open (SVG). To do so requires something like 8 other tools to be installed, the latest versions of these tools do not work with PyCam so you must reconstruct the correct tool chain bit by bit. There is basically no supporting documentation for what the expected versions are, nor exactly what other support programs are required. It is left to the end user to painfully unravel the errors and track down rare DLLs. The program might be nice if it were maintained with enough documentation to install it but as it presently stands this is not the case and it is unusable as a fresh installation.

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yhj1017 Posted 2016-11-28

Hello~~ I Want the pycam++ ( QT or C++) Version. There is the pycam++-0.1.0 Version. I want the pycam++-0.5.1 Version. Please Help me.
whillbert Posted 2014-03-04

I have to start tried pycam in the terminal and receive the following error message. Psyco is not available (performance will probably suffer slightly) Enabled 2 parallel local processes Font directory: /Users/werner/Downloads/pycam-0.5.1/share/fonts ** Gtk:ERROR:gtkrecentmanager.c:2074:get_icon_fallback: assertion failed: (retval != NULL) Abort logout Software Installed: X11 Macports XQuartz OSX 10.7.5
joachimx Posted 2013-11-23

Great tool! But on windows I cant' load binary .stl, modified Utils\__init__.py: def open(self): if self.is_local(): return open(self.get_local_path(),'rb') then it works fine. But I didn't get the gtk stuff with python 2.7 running, so it would be great to get an updated binary!
camaross4life Edited 2013-09-05

I think you guys are on the right track but your STL import does not work. I have a script that might help... please let me know if you are interested.
majorfriday Posted 2013-06-09

Very good Software.

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elrippo Posted 2013-04-24

Hy guys :D Please keep on going and coding! At the Moment writing this, Pycam is the only usable and working 3D G-code generator for UNIX based OS´ s!!!
christofkihm Posted 2013-04-03

Hi all, just succeeded in installing pycam on openSUSE 12.2 64bit by these steps: 1. zypper install python-opengl python-rsvg 2. google search: opensuse 12.2 python-gtkglext -> download python-gtkglext-1.1.0-126.1.2.x86_64.rpm from xxxx://pkgs.org/opensuse-12.2/opensuse-oss-x86_64/python-gtkglext-1.1.0-126.1.2.x86_64.rpm.html apper install python-gtkglext-1.1.0-126.1.2.x86_64.rpm 3. google search: opensuse 12.2 python-gtk -> download python-gtk-2.24.0-7.1.2.x86_64.rpm xxx://pkgs.org/opensuse-12.2/opensuse-oss-x86_64/python-gtk-2.24.0-7.1.2.x86_64.rpm.html apper install python-gtk-2.24.0-7.1.2.x86_64.rpm 4. download pycam v0.5.1 from xxx://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pycam/pycam/0.5.1/pycam-0.5.1.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fpycam.sourceforge.net%2Fdownload.html&ts=1364911422&use_mirror=ignum extract in /home/userxy/pycam run 'pycam /home/userxy/pycam/pycam' READY
jepefe Posted 2013-03-16

Thanks!The software is great!
jigishhowijuq Posted 2012-06-30

Easy to work and well written code for when you have to modify things
unix001 Posted 2012-03-30

Very helpful, Thank you
swarmmaster Posted 2012-03-23

The program saves in a file format that it cannot open (SVG). To do so requires something like 8 other tools to be installed, the latest versions of these tools do not work with PyCam so you must reconstruct the correct tool chain bit by bit. There is basically no supporting documentation for what the expected versions are, nor exactly what other support programs are required. It is left to the end user to painfully unravel the errors and track down rare DLLs. The program might be nice if it were maintained with enough documentation to install it but as it presently stands this is not the case and it is unusable as a fresh installation.
betserd Posted 2012-02-29

Great userinterface, simple and good performance
codeasylum Posted 2011-05-04

Great CAM Software. I use it together with freeCAD and emc2 linuxcnc. For mee this combination is the perfect open source CAD/CAM/CNC-Stack and PyCAM being a essential part of it.
btribit Posted 2011-04-11

Works great! Developer is very helpful!
ingear Posted 2010-08-12

I'm very impressed with what I've seen so far. The application looks great, the development and support work is very active and responsive.
melly1971 Posted 2010-08-07

Very nice. Fast releases updates.
arthurmagill Posted 2010-03-17

Looks very promising, fast release updates