OpenSourceDesignTools

This post is for Normand. I promised him that I would show this a long time ago. In FreeCAD, you can create parametric objects with python...

My son is in the Boy Scout program, here in the US. I feel that it is a very good program. He has learned some very good skills and had ...

I've been playing with a macro to get hole information (coordinates, diameter, etc) out of solid models in FreeCAD. It is a challenge an...

I had a client request that I make an aluminum panel for mounting an LCD monitor and touchscreen for his research group. He supplied the mo...

Bolt Circle G-Code Generator Bolt Circle G-Code Generator Parameters ...

In my last post, I talked about how Heekscnc uses a master python script to coordinate the generation of g-code. In this post, I will try to...

In this post, I want to explain the basics of how HeeksCNC uses python to generate toolpaths. The method that Dan Heeks came up with for doi...