# CADRS adds CAM: milling, simulating and posting G-code

- Link: https://opensourcecad.nl/en/cadrs-adds-cam/
- Published: 2026-10-25T19:15:01+01:00
- Author: Marijn van den Heuvel \+ AI

_This is the English reading version of the Dutch news item [CADRS voegt CAM toe: frezen, simuleren en G-code posten](https://opensourcecad.nl/vibecoded-apps/cadrs-voegt-cam-toe/)._

CADRS, the open-source parametric CAD programme, has added CAM. In today’s release
it is there as an early preview: you create a job, pick a machine and a setup, and
let the programme mill or cut. Until now programmes like this stopped at the model,
and the milling work went to a separate CAM package.

[⌊CAM studio in CADRS: the job list with a 3-axis mill and a 2D profile on the left,
the simulated part in the middle⌉⌊CAM studio in CADRS: the job list with a 3-axis
mill and a 2D profile on the left, the simulated part in the middle⌉[

A simple profile milled and simulated in CADRS.

What is in it according to the maker: jobs, machines and setups; milling with boring,
a 2D profile with tabs, adaptive clearing and parallel finishing; plasma cutting
with kerf compensation; the toolpath is replayed on screen, the remaining stock 
is calculated, and the G-code goes out for Fanuc and LinuxCNC QtPlasmaC. One thing
he says himself: it is still in progress.

**My verdict:** it is fairly limited in what it can do, but the basis is there. 
I managed to make a simple CAM programme and simulate it.

What CADRS did earlier is in [CADRS considers another kernel](https://opensourcecad.nl/en/cadrs-considers-another-kernel-from-opencascade-to-solidcore/),
and CADRS itself is at [rvdende.github.io/cadrs](https://rvdende.github.io/cadrs/).
What is in this release is in [the release notes](https://github.com/rvdende/cadrs/releases/tag/v0.1.8).**
Keep an eye on this site for updates and tests**, I will keep following CADRS and
publish my findings here.