Re: code generation?

John,

I think that pretty well defines TEDIOUS.

Seriously, I don't know what planet you guys are on if you're
suggesting that hobbyists should buy expensive CAM software prior to
learning to hand code. If you don't understand programming how can
you de-bug a program, how can you make a simple part change on the
shop floor? Without an understanding of programming how can you
make good use of CRC (CRC is one of the most powerful tools
available to the CNC machinist)? How can you make an informed
decision on which CAM software to buy until you understand
programming?

Could it be that my opinions are based on many more years of CNC
experience than you guys have?

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "stevenson_engineers"
<john@s...> wrote:

> >--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "doug98105"
> ><dougrasmussen@c...> wrote:
> > 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
>
> Doug,
> Please define TEDIOUS for us mere mortals.
> I have a file here in true type font that spells the name

CALIFORNIA

> in raised text.
> It's 31,000 lines long.
>
> John S.