A nice tutorial on using Path workbench included in FreeCAD

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19 May 2021 23:06 #209576 by tommylight
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26 Jan 2026 14:34 #341944 by Ekholm
Do you know of Freecad works for plasma cutting with freecad and linuxcnc?

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26 Jan 2026 15:39 #341950 by tommylight
I do not think so, and i never tried.
I use strictly Inkscape for plasma machines, it is easy to use and works perfectly fine, except for nesting that requires dividing cuts into layers and groups, so a bit more fiddly and i do not bother with it, it is easier for me to just edit the resulting gcode and move stuff around.
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19 Aug 2026 22:24 #348866 by tomscnc
Works great but I did have to create a post processor for qtplasmac; see

github.com/tomsgarage/freecad-qtplasmac-postprocessor
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21 Aug 2026 01:03 #348889 by rodw
Thats cool. I passed the plasma post processor on to Brad (sliptonic) wondering how it can get into freecad. He's the Freecad CAM man.
A lot happening here. Brad put a PR into linuxcnc for MTconnect and he now is querying Linuxcnc machine specs from freecad CAM.
5 axis  3 +2 will be in the next release.
And a blog post from Brad about 5 axis. sliptonic.com/posts/machines-cheap-toolpaths-not/
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