Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] RE: Cutviewer program - file renaming

Well, I've been playing with the Cutviewer program for a while.
Turns out it doesn't work so well after all......unless your program uses
nothing but simple XYZ moves.
I've tried for over an hour to get it to "machine" a simple island program
using cutter compensation.
No matter what I tried, the program will not cut the island ON THE PART. It
will start where I put the tool origin just fine. After that, It doesn't
make much difference what you use for I or J (either positive or negative
numbers too). The damn thing still cuts a circle that runs off the part.

I did find that you can (one you learn how) save some time by setting up
your tools and stock size in advance right in your text program. you have
to precede them with a semi-colon and (in my case if I want to run the
program on the schools machine) surround the whole statement with a set of
parentheses ().

I suppose I could move the XY tool origin to somewhere else on the part, but
that would defeat the whole purpose of using the program in the first place.
Anybody have any REAL WORLD experience with this program?

Smoke