Talk:CAD-CAM Problem Statement

Concerning FreeCAD, it is an open software package that can be extended. There are provisions in the user interface to load and execute Python packages that have full access to the FreeCAD functionality and currently open data. This mechanism could be used to extend the existing functionality to include CAM file export. Mjn 13:57, 1 August 2011 (CEST)

gEDA Initiative
This just dropped into my radar today: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/what-is-geda.html

"One of the recent discussions was about the need for more open tools (and helping folks use them). Historically the open-source hardware movement has been tool agnostic, as long as you release your design files in the tools you made them with, along with documentation, schematics, etc – you’re set. However, the goal is to ultimately have an open export format as well as open tools." Hosh 2011-09-10 0131 EST