Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: BoBCad Question

In a message dated 5/6/01 11:52:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rehenry@...
writes:

> Randy
>
> The easiest way to answer this question is to compare what you are
> accustomed to with other controllers with what is described in
>
> www.linuxcnc.org/handbook
>
> You will find a programming page there for canned cycles. If these pages
> are not specific enough, the NIST RS274NGC pages are also available on the
> same site.
>
> Ray
>
>

Ray:

I guess what I was trying to say is that BobCad is made for the
professional and industrial user, therefore it is most likely going to
conform to those standards and commands used by the popular control
manufacturers and not for the EMC which seems to be, more or less, for the
hobbyist market, although it seems to be quite a powerful interpreter for
control applications. If the EMC does in fact support the G80, etc., canned
cycle code then BobCad should have no problem with it. If, on the other hand
it has it's own canned cycle codes, not particularly compatible with the
industry standards, then BobCad will probably not support it, at least not
easily.

I will take a look at the linuxcnc page since I am looking at the EMC
package as one of the possible interpreters for some retrofits.

Regards,

Randy Abernathy
Woodworking Machine Specialist
4626 Old Stilesboro Road NW
Acworth, GA 30101-4066
Phone/Fax: 770-974-5295
E-mail: cnc002@...


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