Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] GCode Optimizer?

Not sure if this will help you or not, but Vector has an option called
"reorganize" that takes any selected toolpath and creates the shortest
machining pathway around the selected geometry. You could import your DXF
files into Vector, and it can spit out the code. What program are you using
to create your toolpaths?

Daniel J. Statman, Statman Designs
www.statmandesigns.com
dan.statman@...

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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] GCode Optimizer?


> Does anyone know of a simple gcode cut optimizer that will optimize
> the toolpath cuts and reduce the number of long rapids and random
> cuts? I can do it in a CAM package but it requires you select each
> path and "re order them" I have files with hundreds of paths and
> they cut in the order they were created in the CAD package...real
> poor movement control!
>
> It would be nice to be able to create the gcode then run it through
> a "filter" that optimizes the code for the shorts moves (cut things
> closest to each other first).
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