Re: lathe program

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, "Carey L. Culpepper" <mr.c@b...>
wrote:

I have this program as well but don't use it for lathe.
In the program I do use for lathe each tool has to be given tip
offsets so that the program knows just where the tip is is respect of
the radius.
It's no use just touching on the face and diameter as when you do a
taper you are using a different part of the tool geometry.
Does Bobcad have this facility ?
I know it doesn't have grooving and screwcutting.

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> Well, I am going to say that my former statement about BobCad 17

as a

> lathe program was in error. My opinion has changed. Why? I found the
> REAL manual. The printed manual was vague and mentioned very little
> about actually using the lathe capabilities of version 17. The real

nuts

> and bolts information on how to use it was in the help files. I just
> assumed that the printed manual would tell it all. WRONG! So I

printed

> up what was in the help file and am now a happy camper. I am making
> chips.Lots of chips. It generated the code to rough out the part.

There

> were 657 lines of gcode to rough this piece.