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Yeah. I have tried and quit a number times. Poor stability has always made it unusable for me. Hopefully this time is better. Still, once I can successfully make a drawing, then what? What exists for CAM posts?

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The CAM module is called Path, an you can find a list of the post processors included here: https://wiki.freecad.org/CAM_Post

I have milled some basic things using the FreeCAD CAM on a ShopBot 2416 and small custom grbl based CNC. Many years ago now, but things generally look better now. Otherwise I have exported geometry and used external CAM software like VCarve

It was called Path -- in 1.x it has been renamed to CAM, which is a much more sensible name.

That is our current main issue with FreeCAD, we have to manually create fully dimensioned drawings for our sheet metal shops, and they pull it into whatever they use. Can't just give them a drawing file, CAM export, etc.

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