[CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: ACE Converter anomaly

Jerry,
On Ace, you select which layer to convert.
When I do duplicate parts I try to to mount two or more side by side
and simply copy the program for one part onto the end of the list but,
have a G53 fixture offset to a new location between. Also a simple part
can be set side by side with a copy in CAD and converted. Setup the
parts with the same offset.
To run another set, just rerun the program. The machine should be told
to return to a reference point at the end of each program. The same point
is used at the start.
RichD

Carol & Jerry Jankura wrote:

>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: mdickey@... [mailto:mdickey@...]
> | Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:04 AM
> | To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> | Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: ACE Converter anomaly
> |
> |
> | --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Carol & Jerry Jankura"
> |
> | I just changed over from the MaxNC "Mill" CAM program to Ace
> | Converter for my CNC router using TurboCAD v3.01 (my workshop PC is a
> | 486 and doesn't like newer CAD programs that eat memory) and wasn't
> | getting anywhere until I started creating a separate layer for each
> | individual part on a "cutsheet." I cut out around 10 - 15 parts
> | (model aircraft stuff) at a time and assign each one a separate layer
> | starting at "0".
>
> One other question - Would I assume that you mount one piece of metal to
> your mill and then just have your machine cut one part after another, or do
> you mount each piece of metal one at a time, with a machine "pause" between
> parts?