Re: code generation?

Chris,

What I meant was, I think everybody should know and understand
what's involved in programming before they buy CAM. I don't mean
you should actually program difficult tool paths by hand, you should
certainly be capable of doing it, given the time and patience,
though.

I don't see anything "hard" about hand coding a true-type font.
Tedious, yes, hard no. Convert to vector format, explode the
character in CAD and follow the path, just a bunch of G01, 02, 03.
Pretty basic CNC 101 stuff.

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Chris L <datac@l...> wrote:
>
>
> doug98105 wrote:
>
> >Group,
> >
> >Just my opinion here, but I don't think a hobbyist should buy any
> >CAM program until they can program "long-hand" in their sleep.
> >
> >I may be mistaken, but I get the impression (from previous posts)
> >that some hobbyists are buying CAM software because they don't
know
> >how to program their machines.
> >
> Well, I dont know about you, but even when I'm awake, I'd find it
pretty
> hard to make handwritten code for any "word" in true type text,
not to
> mention all different types of text. 3d RC fuselages and Car
bodies
> would likely be a pain too !
>
> Let us get "cam" FIRST,,, please??? :-)
>
> Chris L