Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]A question of size managenent.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, BillDarby <ddarby@s...> wrote:

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> > > I recently ran a tool path with 36,000 lines of code.

(no big deal in the real world) Now my question is this: This

> > > path was really only 200 sets of (a line an arc and a second

line) or [line, arc, line, 200 times]. "If" I could have entered the

> > > summation of the 160 lines of code representing each arc into

one common "arc command" I would have had a total of just 600 lines

> > > of code.

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> The path was a series of ever diminishing "U"s that when viewed

from the top end of the Us formed a convex radius on the part. (don't
know


Bill - Was this a tool path developed by a CAM system? It sounds
like a Bobcad surface of revolution or something similar. If you
generate 3D arcs (G18-G19) It should be possible to reduce the size
of your program considerable. Vector-Cad-Cam-Can ;-)

Also use of a controller macro or incremental moves with subroutine
repetitions would allow you to further reduce the size of the code,
but this technique really reduces your ability to pick up the program
6 months from now & remember what you did. Be very free with the
comments to help remember how to use the program or even the
technique later on.

Best Regards,

Fred Smith
IMService