Arguably though, CAM is a totally different subject, though as you point out, inextricably intertwined with CAD in their origin.
Wasn't it a pretty straight-forward lineage of: G-code is developed, there are a couple of commercial apps which write to it, then when the EMC software is release and Mach3/LinuxCNC/Grbl become prevalent there was an explosion of different software options?
Just not sure what one could say about that which would be interesting.
Arguably though, CAM is a totally different subject, though as you point out, inextricably intertwined with CAD in their origin.
Wasn't it a pretty straight-forward lineage of: G-code is developed, there are a couple of commercial apps which write to it, then when the EMC software is release and Mach3/LinuxCNC/Grbl become prevalent there was an explosion of different software options?
Just not sure what one could say about that which would be interesting.