Re: Cutting a totem Pole

Roger,

I currently have Mach1 controlling a 5-axis Taig Mill doing wood
carvings using custom scripts and 3DS MAX to generate the G-Code.
Still occassionally funky, but it managed a test piece today
requiring over 8000 moves and cut pretty smoothly while contouring in
all 5-axes.
However, in addition to the balance moves, a feedrate value also has
to be calculated for each move, if you've been following the Angular
Feedrate thread, you'll understand, although its not too much trouble
once you have a distance value for each move.

Rab

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "vrsculptor" <vrsculptor@h...> wrote:
> Fred mentioned a project close to my heart, making a totem pole
(well
> actually sculpting in general). As an exercise, assuming you had a
5
> axis mill (x,y,z) plus a tilting rotary table (a,b):
> 1. What would you use as a CAD output format (STL, IGES, DXF...)?
The
> choice of actual CAD program is dependent on the specific model you
> are trying to build and your preferences.
> 2. What CAM packages would you use? I've looked at Mastercam and am
> not real sure it could handle imported 5 axis nurb generated
surfaces
> in any format. Could be wrong.
> 3. What would you use for a post processor? I haven't been able to
> find any 5 axis posts, even examples.
> 4. If you got the post to work would any of the PC controllers
> actaully cut it if performance isn't a concern?
>
> Roger