Re: Can CNCPro users provide some input?

CNCPRO is super and allows for a very decent combination of totally
programmed operation and semi-automated machining. The user interface
is the best I've seen.

My one problem with the program at this point is the lack of "G41,
G42" tool radius offset.

Going from a roughing cut to several stages of finishing cuts
requires lots of G-code work in the CAM program, and even with the
very friendly Vector, it requires a lot more work than just changing
tools as in a properly conversant offset program.

By all means buy it, but remember it is a $175 program.

Jerry





--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Donald Brock" <don.pat.brock@p...>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm considering CNCPro as an upgrade from DeskNC for a home brew
> project. I will add here that this is not for my personal use

alone

> and that the end user who is footing the bill has no desire to use

an

> operating system other than DOS at this time. I would however, like
> some input from those that have used this software on its pro's and
> con's.
>
> As both the other end user and I are CNC machinists/programmers for
> lathes and mills, I'm more familiar with the way comercial machines
> work with the various commercialy made controls. These being

Fanuc,

> Mitsubishi, Hitachi-Seiki, Yasnak, etc. DeskNC has been close to
> working the same as these control systems. I am interested in the
> simularities and diferences in the CNCPro software compared to the
> higher comercial systems.
>
> With all do respect to Carey Culpepper and his problem with cutting

a

> raduis on a lathe using this software, his problem has sparked a
> curiousity on my part and I would especially like to know how this
> software handles diameters on a lathe. Are diameters programed

from

> a full diameter point of view or are they programed from a radial
> point of view?
>
> From what I see by the info sheets I printed out from the web, this
> software was intended more for mill type operations than lathe.
>
> How about some input from those of you that use it for three axis
> mill type work (more in line with the application I'm considering

it

> for). I would be interested in hearing anything good or bad that

you

> have found about it.
>
> The software seems to have many more features than DeskNC but does

it

> function as well as it appears it may?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Donald Brock
> Baton Rouge, LA