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

That can work too. I just find that it helps to draw the part actual size
first - then create a version for the cutter I am using. If you later
decide to use a different cutter, it is marginally easier to start from the
original rather than have to remember what cutter diameter you drew the
part for.

Regards,
Tony

At 14:24 23/02/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>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
>
>
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Regards,
Tony