RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 4-AXIS FOAM CUTTER

Thanks for all the replies, I have downloaded a bunch of stuff and will work
through them all. Hopefully I will get something that I can use. I have also
received a demo cd of Mastercam 8.1 wire. This looks like the business but I
am still trying to get my head wrapped around it (and the price). In the
meantime, if I find something I will drop a note on this list.


Coert vd Sandt

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Fortune [mailto:pentam@...]
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 6:51 AM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 4-AXIS FOAM CUTTER


vandersandtc@... wrote:

> I hope someone can help me, I have built several toys using steppers
> and stepper controllers (L297/298). However, my 2D cnc foam cutter
> has been upgraded to independant 4-axis control. I have used
> shareware (stepster) that I have changed a bit to send S&D signals
> via the par. port.
>
> My question : Can I use Stepster for 4-axis control, and what would I
> use to generate the gcode? I know that there is the wing cutting
> software available but I would like to cut from dxf drawings of any
> shape and size. The commercial software available in our country
> (South Africa) is unaffordable due to our poor exchange rate.

There are at least two software systems I know of for 4 axis foam wing
cutting (both in my Tutorial/Links web page) :

- the French (a version with English screens)
"Gilles Muller Wing & Fuselage Software" also see
"Laurent Head's LitCUT virtual cutting simulator" which works
in conjunction with Gilles software

- the Spanish (a version with English screens) RCNoticias recently
submitted to me by Javier Lopez.

Doug Fortune
http://www.cncKITS.com



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