CamBam might be a bit more popular than FreeCAD. We know about 2 links to it since March 2021 and only 2 links to FreeCAD. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
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Also FreeCAD has a gcode workbench for full 3D. I've used it a little and would describe it as "usable once you work out the quirks". Https://freecadweb.org/. Source: about 3 years ago
CamBam is really easy to use: http://cambam.info/ It doesn't support true automated V-Carving for text/images though if that's what you're after. You can tell it to follow a profile/line with your v-bit. Source: 12 months ago
If it's a simple DXF or a 2.5D part CamBam is free to try and works well: http://cambam.info/. Source: almost 3 years ago
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