re: cutviewer and cutter comp

Doug,

Excellent points! CRC (Cutter Radius Compensation) is definitely
handled differently by each control!

One of the strengths of EMC is the ability to use the standalone
interpreter with Rays' Backplotter and see exactly what is going to
be cut by the machine...

Ballendo

>Doug,
>Interesting, so cutview does have access to a tool table.....
>I bet it still isn't perfect in showing the path. The reason I say
>that is because being able to know EXACTLY what a machine tool is
>going to do in a particular situation while it's activating a G41 or
>G42 is beyond anyone's ability to understand. All the machines I've
>worked on did it slightly differently and in certain situations it
>was totally unpredictable
>Doug