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Companies, engineers and industry professionals in search of a free milling software solution for programming CNC mills and routers

About FreeMILL

FreeMILL, a sub-set of our commercial CNC software, is a free milling module for programming CNC mills & routers. Yes, completely free CAM software with no time limits, number of tries limit, number of saves limit or lines of code limit! Create a toolpath where the tool is driven along a set of parallel planes to cut your geometry. Create both Roughing and Finishing toolpaths. Run full cutting and material simulation of toolpaths. Output G code to your CNC milling tool of choice. MecSoft Corporation is a developer of standalone, as well as integrated CAD/CAM software solutions for both the subtractive (CNC machining) and additive (3D printing) manufacturing industries. Founded in 1997, MecSoft is a technology leader that develops, markets and supports our CAM software products from our world headquarters in Irvine, CA. With a focus on developing easy, powerful, and affordable CAD/CAM software solutions.

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Ratings/Reviews - 2 User Reviews

Overall 2.5 / 5
ease 3.5 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 3.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5
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Company Information

MecSoft Corporation
Founded: 1997
United States
mecsoft.com/freemill/

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FreeMILL Product Features

Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

CNC Machining
Raw Material Management
Custom Commands
Toolpath Simulation
Automatic Feature Recognition
CAD

FreeMILL Additional Categories

CNC

FreeMILL Reviews

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  • Jose G.
    OWNER
    Used the software for: Free Trial
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Surprisingly complete"

    Edited 2023-10-26

    Pros: I am surprised with the bunch of possibilities but I think ends up being very expensive just for a CNC wood machine and hobbies with 3d printers.

    Cons: I did not like the logical sequence to use it when you test the Trial for FreeMill as I don´t know what is free and what is not. Colors darkening and a dark mode is a must for me as my eyes suffer with the screen lights. Hate that light purple color.

    Overall: Nice. Using each module separated seems to me really good and logical but some Freecad "similarity" MAKES IT A LITTLE CONFUSING.

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  • Gavin H.
    Woodworker
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "So reduced it is pointless"

    Edited 2023-02-09

    Pros: It's free. It will generate a surfacing tool path to make a flat board flat, but a little thinner than before.

    Cons: I get it, it's the free version of your offerings, so I don't have huge expectations, but not even having the ability to contour or pocket a hole is so reduced as to make it useless.

    Overall: I don't think this is the sales tool you think it is, as I am now just left annoyed that I had to go through the whole process to trial VisualCAD just to find out how useless FreeMILL is. The program only spent a total of 5 minutes on my system.

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