Re: Simplistic CNC Software.

John,
What does MDI stand for?
Bruce Buchner

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "j.guenther"
<j.guenther@v...> wrote:

> It seems to me that you can get close to this with just about any

of the CNC

> control programs available today. It won't be quite the same but

you can do

> it. I write most of my g-code by hand, although I am moving toward

a CAM

> solution to make life easier. What you are really looking for is
> "conversational CNC" which has been discussed at length on this

forum in the

> past, but I don't think it really exists in a useable form yet. (I

might be

> wrong, but then what else is new?) You could use MDI mode in

almost any of

> the control programs to get close to the functionality you describe.
>
> John Guenther
> 'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
> Sterling, Virginia
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: buchnerb <buchnerb@y...> [mailto:buchnerb@y...]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 14:59 PM
> > To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Simplistic CNC Software.
> >
> >
> > I'm in the process of gathering CNC components to retrofit my
> > Sherline mill. I have a FROG single axis controller on my Sherline
> > lathe that I use for threading and as a controllable power feed. I
> > can maually move the cutting tool to the beginning of the cut,

press

> > two buttons to set as zero, punch in a minus distance to set a

pause

> > point away from the work, punch in a feed rate and a cut

distance. I

> > then press the cut button and it will advance to the end of the

cut.

> > A press of the go button will move it to the pause point where I

can

> > move the cutter in for the next cut or stop the spindle to measure
> > the work.
> >
> > I will be making a lot of one off parts and my question is do any

of

> > the software packages support this sort of semi-manual

operations? I

> > want to eliminate a lot of cranking with out necessarily designing
> > the part from the ground up in a CAD program.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bruce Buchner
> >
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