PyCAM

Installing on a new machine got rid of the python xy toolpath route. Here is a video. Only difference I chose a ball end tool. As you wiull see from the side view the toolpath doesnt follow the curved surface. I really cant see what I do wrong. Note ... [More] i did do the the simuulations in the wrong order to show the fact that the toolath doesnt follow the curved surface. [Less]

Installing on a new machine got rid of the python xy toolpath route. Here is a video. Only difference I choses a ball end tool. As you wiull see from the side view the toolpath doesnt follow the curved surface. I really cant see what I do wrong. Note ... [More] i did do the the simuulations in the wrong order to show the fact that the toolath doesnt follow the curved surface. [Less]

No it is a dreaded Python problem as usual. I uninstalled all the python with dpkg. Basically everything mentioning py or python. Then reinstalled all python again, then it worked. I have never encountered such a reckless programming language as ... [More] python, nothing against you or pycam it is directed to the snake & its developers. Whenever I have a problem, Python sure will be the culprit behind it. I know it is great for developers to write software, but it is an absolute mess for perpetual installation... [Less]

I just done exactly the steps you did and this time I get orange tootlpaths. Last time I got black tootlpaths.... this could only be due to the corrupt python stuff. However the toolpaths are still such that it machines dead on the x-y plane @z=0. ... [More] !!! ? Go figure! Basically destroying the workpiece and the machine, by plunging down through the workpiece to the xy plane and machining the bottom flat taking all the material with it in one shot. Sheesh ! This should not be allowed by the constraints... [Less]

I just done exactly the steps you did and this time I get orange tootlpaths. Last time I got black tpootlpaths.... this could only be the corrupt python stuff. However the toolpaths are still such that it machines dead on the x-y plane @z=0. !!! ? ... [More] Basically destroying the workpiece and the machine, by plunging down through the workpiece to the xy plane. This should not be allowed by the constraints. I will make a screen recording. [Less]

No it is a dreaded Python problem as usual. I uninstalled all the python with dpkg. Basically everything mentioning py or python. Then reinstalled all python again, then it worked. I have never encountered such a reckless programming language as ... [More] python, nothing against you or pycam it is directed to the snake & its developers. Whenever I have a problem, Python sure will be the culprit behind it. I know it is great for developers to write software, but it is an absolute mess for perpetual installation... [Less]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I took a look at the log file and did not see a reason for failure. The segmentation fault feels like an issue with a low level library (e.g. gtk or opengl). I cannot tell, what went wrong.

I will have to install an order version again. The newest version is too buggy.

Attached the entire output during install

Reinstalling the newest version creates a spectacular crash. There are no errors during compile. I installed it using the same installation script I initially installed it when it worked afterwards. Now I get $ pycam Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pycam", line 4, in