OpenCAMLib

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OpenCAMLib

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Type: library, Python module
Platform: all
License: GPLv3
Source: https://github.com/aewallin/opencamlib
Input Formats: STL, ... (?)
Output Formats:
Users:


OpenCAMLib is a library for calculating and simulating CAM operations.

The library is used by HeeksCNC, FreeCAD and optionally in BlenderCAM. It provides Python bindings to use it in your own scripts. The examples use VTK 4 for visualization.

There are several supported cutter shapes.


Further reading

  • developer's blog
  • ocl-manual.pdf (built by make doc-pdf (incomplete, mostly API doc)