Odp: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] mirroring and scaling once again

> Why do you expect these features to be there? High-end CNC controls like
> Allen-Bradley, Fanuc, etc. have things like this. Mirroring and scaling

are pretty

> easy to do in a number of CAD/CAM packages, or a post processor could be
> written to do it. If the tool offset is being computed in the CAM

software, you

> can't scale the results after that point, anyway, unless every cutting

move is

> done with cutter radius compensation turned on. (Or, you could scale the
> tool diameter, too.)
>
> So, how do you intend to use scaling? What software generates the

toolpath?

>
> Jon
>

So, I'm newbie in CNC wonderland.

I would like to use machine for footwear forms milling, here scale & mirror
capabilites are very usefull.

Seftware to generates toolpath? It's good question. Is there some for Linux?
I decide use Linux because of ENC & free OS. However CAD/CAM package may be
for charge, I think it's hard to find free some.

Thank You for answer I find You are backbone of this list Jon.

Regards
mariusz