Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] help us please we really need it ASAP...............thanks

At 11:58 23/02/2003 +0000, acidcustom <acidcustom@...> wrote:

>hi we have a cnc milling machine it came with supercam and
>mps2000..........we need to know how to set it so that when u cut
>stuff out on supercam it does it on the outside of the line not on
>the center of the line cause its cutting out the wrong
>sizes.............please help thanks
>
>email me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>

There is no facility in SuperCam for defining a tool offset, so the only
option you have is to allow for the cutter diameter when you draw the
toolpath. So, you need to offset the lines you draw by 1/2 of the cutter
diameter.

If you are importing DXF from a drawing package, it pays to choose a
package that will allow you to automatically generate offsets from an
existing line. That way, you can draw the toolpath actual size, then
relatively quickly generate from it a copy with the lines offset by the
requisite amount. A pain in the a$$, but doable.

If you use MPS2000 (which is a G-code interpreter), you would need to use a
CAD/CAM package that can generate G-code from your drawings - candidates at
the more affordable end of the market would include Dolphin Partmaster,
Vector, DesKam, DeskCNC.


Regards,
Tony