I have both the Solidworks Student Design Kit and the Student Edition of Inventor (but I prefer Solidworks), and would like to find a free (or low cost) program to go from CAD files to G-code. I’m controlling the machine with Mach3, which is a free program that runs standard G-code. I’ve just built a homemade CNC machine for fun this summer and am now trying to figure out the best way to go from CAD to G-Code.
