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Re: estimating machining time

Posted by Ray Henry
on 2002-10-16 16:08:18 UTC
The EMC backplotter is real time. I did make a special ini with about
1/10 the steps and much faster speed so that I could get around those 3
hour contouring jobs in a few minutes.

Ray

>    From: "awallin25" <anders.wallin@...>
> Subject: estimating machining time
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> Is there an easy way to estimate how long a g-code program will run??
> (automatically calculate toolpath length and divide by feedrate)
> I tried running EMC with only the backplotter active, no movement of
> the table, but this is a kind of slow way...

Discussion Thread

awallin25 2002-10-16 11:38:26 UTC estimating machining time John Branlund 2002-10-16 11:51:19 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] estimating machining time Ray Henry 2002-10-16 16:08:18 UTC Re: estimating machining time