RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Do you need CAM? was "Re: TURBO CAD 2D/3D"

Doug,

Coming at it from the hobbyist perspective the controllers that most of us
are using (CNCPro, EMC, DeskNC, CNC Master, etc.) are pretty hard to tell
anything other than jog or process this g-code file.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> Tim,
>
> Your question brings up something I've wondered about. How many of
> you CNC people don't have or need a CAM system?
>
> In my shop I have 4 production CNC's (2 lathes, 2 mills) and very
> seldom use any of the three CAM systems I own. With a modern user
> friendly controller you almost never need CAM. It's nice to have
> CAD, though, it gets pretty tedious trying to trig out the center
> coordinates of an arc. Another reason for CAD is being able to
> utilize the drawings from some customers who don't deal in paper,
> only CAD files.
>
>
> It seems to me for the vast majority of CNC machining the need for
> CAM systems is getting less all the time. Controllers are getting
> more sophisticated and I usually find it easier to "tell" the control
> how I want to machine a part that it is to "tell" the CAM how to do
> it. Of course, an exception to the above would be 3D surfacing, but
> that makes up such a small percentage of "normal" CNC machining that
> I'm not considering it here.
>
> Comments...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug
>
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> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Tim Goldstein <timg@k...> wrote:
> > Dan,
> >
> > So what are you going to use to generate your g-code??
> >
> > Tim
> > [Denver, CO]
> >
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