CAM Toolchains

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A RepRap CAM toolchain consists of all the software elements needed to create printed 3d models from CAD models to firmware. It is the software part of the RepRap Toolchains, as opposed to the RepRap_Hardware_Toolchains.

Here we lists the various toolchain components available and provides a comparison of their features, compatible toolchain components and how to get them.

It should be noted that a comparison of CAD modeling programs is outside of the scope of this article however it should be noted that in general CAM toolchains are CAD program agnostic because they can accept standard STL models as input which almost all CAD programs can export directly or through plugins.

Firmware

Firmware	Author(s)	Compatible electronics	dc motor extruder?	stepper extruder?	extruder speed control?	movement speed control?	thermocouples?	heated build platforms?	Documentation	Download
RepRap FiveD GCode Interpreter	RepRap.org	Gen 3 (more?)	?	true	true	true	true	true	install guide	download
MakerBot	MakerBot.com	Gen 3 (more?)	true	?	?	?	true	true	manual	stable dev
DavidBuzz	DavidBuzz	Gen 3 (more?)	?	?	?	?	?	?		src

RepRap Drivers

Driver	Author(s)	Compatible firmware(s)	Manual movement?	Manual extruder control?	Manual stepper disable?	Manual heated build platform control?	Live GCode terminal?	SD card upload?	GCode input?	Step-NC input?	Integrated GCode compiler?	Documentation	Download
EMCRepRap	EMC and RepRap.org	Linux PC	true	?	?	?	?	false	?	?	false	wiki page	wiki page
RepRap Host Software	RepRap.org	5D GCode Interpreter more?	true	true	false	true	false	?	true	false	true	install guide user manual	dev
RepSnapper	Kulitorum	5D GCode Interpreter 3D GCode Interpreter	true	true	?	?	true	?	true	false	true	install guide user manual	windows linux (dev) mirror site
ReplicatorG	Replicat.org	Makerbot Firmware Fork	true	true	true	true	false	?	true	false	false	install guide user manual	stable
send.py (bundled with SkeinForge)	Brendan Erwin and John Gilmore	5D GCode Interpreter 3D GCode Interpreter	false	false	false	false	false	false	true	false	false	user manual	builds

Note: some drivers such as the RepRap Host Software are listed here and under GCode compilers as they serve both functions however for comparison purposes their features have been split into the relevant tables.

GCode, Etc. Compilers

Compiler	Author(s)	Compatible firmware features	STL input?	Multiple STL input?	Step-NC input?	RFO input?	GCode output?	Step-NC output?	RFO output?	Compilation Speed	Documentation	Download
RepRap Host Software	RepRap.org	?	true	true	false	true	true	false	false	average	install guide user manual	dev
RepSnapper	Kulitorum	?	true	true	false	?	true	false	?	fast	install guide user manual	windows linux (dev)
SkeinForge	Enrique	?	true	false	false	?	true	false	false	average	manual	latest builds
Netfabb Engine	Netfabb	?	true	?	?	?	?	?	?	fast		latest release

Related

http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/Template:My_Toolchain