Re: Compucut ?

Rab,

On cursory examination, it appears that Compucut uses HPGL (plotter
language) as a language to cut parts. While this is entirely workable,
it is essentially a 2 1/2 D language. Gcode (G & M codes) is the
industry standard for machining. Depending on your goals, this may be
sufficient, however gcode will ultimately be more useful IMO.

SuperCam uses HPGL, and I would examine it as well as MaxNC before you
decide. Also look at Camtronics and CNCPro. I'd also mention Vector
CAD/CAM, or a clone CAD program and a .DXF to gcode converter.

http://www.seanet.com/~dmauch/

http://www.yeagerautomation.com/

http://www.maxnc.com/

http://www.super-tech.com/root/sc.htm

These should get you started. Hope this helps you evaluate the field!

Alan KM6VV


Rab Gordon wrote:

>
> Has anyone used or have any impressions on the Compucut system at
> this web address ?
>
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/compucutters/
>
> looks good value to me, but I am pretty green in this field,
>
> Thanks,
> Rab