Re: BobCAD/CAM v.s. Dolphin CAD/CAM

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "stevenson_engineers" <machines@n...>
wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "imserv1" <imserv@v...> wrote:
> >
> > Direction and order selected = cut sequence and direction
> > Direction/order drawn <> cutting in Vector
> >
> > Best Fred
>
> Sorry Fred,
> I must be having a bad night. Can you further explain the last line.

It does not matter to Vector in what manner you have drawn your
geometry. Left Right, right left, CW, CCW, lines on top of lines,
Arcs added after lines in a rectangle with filleted corners. Vector
will combine the duplicated entities with a reorganize and then Chain
select the geometry in a logical cutting order, even though the data
base is organized with all the pink lines first, then all the blue 90
degree arcs, then all the green lines that are .5 long and .1 thick.
If they all form a chain, that is, the end of one entity is close
enough to the next, Vector will select the entities in order from
beginning to end and the resulting CNC code will sequentially follow
the selection with no regard to the techniques used to draw the file.

A simple cut and paste will also permanently reorganize the database
so that for instance a DXF file saved at this time will cut in order
in other applications that can interpret a DXF file to make CNC code,
(like Flashcut or Shopbot).

Hope that helps.

Best Regards,

Fred Smith
IMService