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CamBam help (General usage) / CamBam for Windows on Linux/Wine

« on: February 03, 2025, 10:35:00 am »

I read that there was a new major version of Wine released (version 10.0), so I decided to try running CamBam under it, having completely failed to get it working previously.

I installed the 64 bit version of CamBam.

It doesn't seem to work at all with Mono. Instead, follow these instructions to install Microsoft .NET 4.0 using winetricks into a fresh Wine environment, then install and run CamBam using the same WINEPREFIX:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=17886

I seem to recall seeing an error dialog saying something about running as administrator the first time I tried to start it, but I didn't change anything and I'm not getting that dialog any more, so I'm not sure what that was about. It asks about setting permissions every time you start it, but you can answer either yes or no and it doesn't seem to make any difference. It accepted my license code successfully and is working in full licensed mode. It seems to mostly work fine and doesn't feel significantly slower than running it natively on Windows. I tried adding a couple of third party plugins and they seemed to work normally.

The one major fail I've noticed so far is that copy/paste only works for text, not for drawing objects or machine operations. No error messages, it just silently does nothing. At least drag and drop works, though only within one window; you can't drag something between two CamBam instances.

Overall, it seems to work much better than the Linux version of CamBam (probably because it's using an old version of .NET rather than Mono), but I will probably need to carry on rebooting into Windows unless somebody knows of a way to fix copy/paste.

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Bug Reports / Rename All Tools

« on: October 18, 2019, 07:26:42 am »

I'm not actually sure what this feature is supposed to do, but when I right click on a tool library and select "Rename all tools" it either appears to do nothing or it generates an unhandled exception "An entry with the same key already exists". It does this with the bundled Lathe-mm library which I've never altered, so I don't think it's something screwy about my library. This happens for me on both 0.9.8 and 1.0-rc2.

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CamBam help (General usage) / 3D Profiling, Z Plunges in the Corners

« on: May 27, 2018, 09:29:29 am »

Hi, I've just been experimenting for the first time with the 3D profiling operation. I created a sloping flat rectangular surface from the attached text file and used a horizontal 3D profile operation to taper the top face of my part. It worked great! Just one odd thing - why is it doing several full depth Z plunges in the top left and top right corners, and is there a way to prevent it?

I'm using version 0.9.8P.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjRnZqjggXY/

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Members Projects / Trinket Boxes

« on: December 29, 2015, 10:17:04 am »

Here's a blog post about some trinket boxes I made as Christmas presents:
http://www.holdenconcertinas.com/?p=423

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CamBam help (General usage) / Using a V bit to sharpen corners of a pocket

« on: November 29, 2015, 12:19:49 pm »

Hi, newbie question I'm afraid.

I'm trying to relief carve some stamps. I've got as far as using a pocketing MOP with an 1/8" end mill to remove the bulk of the background material. Is there a way to generate another toolpath that uses a 60 degree V bit to sharpen up the internal corners a bit and also eliminate the 'bridges' where the inner shape has inadvertently become connected to the outer circle, without unnecessarily re-cutting all of the background area?

I have attached my work file.

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Members Machines / Taig Mill

« on: November 04, 2015, 07:24:38 am »

Hi, new CamBam user here. I've just converted my Taig mill to CNC with the intention of using it to make parts for concertinas, as well as jewellery and other things. There's a bit of a write-up and a video of it making my first CNC part over on my blog:
http://www.holdenconcertinas.com/?p=358