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

Seems like it is easier to draw the origional drawing larger so the
edge of the cutter is the outside of the part.

Dave



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Tony Jeffree <tony@j...>
wrote:

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