Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Parabola via CNC?

In Excel use the 'CONCATENATE' function to join strings together for proper
format, then you can cut and paste this into your program.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Benedict" <benedict@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Parabola via CNC?


> On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 cmsteam@... wrote:
>
> > Would some kind gentlemen please fill me in on the Cad programs that
> > are capable of generating parabolic curves. I've scanned thru 3 thick
> > books on Autocad with nary a mention. A web search only turned up
> > EasyCad as a possibility.
> > Of course the end result has to be convertable to g-code. Excel can
> > generate the coordinates in a jiffy but, where to go from there?
>
> My own personal preference would be a short C or Perl script, but Excel
> should be able to do this as well:
>
> Have Excel generate the G-code for you. If you're already generating the
> X and Y coordinates for a parabola, put in the extra verbage necessary for
> it to be G-code, then save that block as ASCII to a text file.
>
> Have I done this? No, so unfortunately I can't help you directly. Am I
> planning to? Yes, but not for parabola, so expect me to be asking
> questions about this later. ;)
>
> Tom
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