Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: code generation?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Sherwood" <lurch@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 1:28 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: code generation?


> Yer welcome. Let me guess--"Z0.10" lifts the endmill .100" [assuming
> the machine in question regards 'up' as increment-z and not
> decrement-z] at the end of thelast cut so it doesn't try to trench the
> workpiece during the rapid-traverse return-to-home, right?
>
> Such is the price i pay for using CAM-generated code from a quick .dxf
> sketch with thickness=0.
>
> Is there one book, a 'for dummies' or something, that pulled together
> the basics of CADCAM in one resource? I've concluded
> information-overload is the single biggest problem here...with demos
> of 12 or 13 different things on my 'puter at once, too many choices...
>
> thanks
> Lurch
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "doug98105"
> <dougrasmussen@c...> wrote:
> > Very clever!!!
> >
> > But to save you from a broken endmill let me "HAND-CODE" a fix to
> > your CAM generated Gcode.
> >
> > Add "Z0.10" to the end of line N010.
> > add N015 G01 Z-.10 F5.0
> > add N025 G00 Z0.10
> > add N035 G01 Z-.10 F5.0
> > add N045 G00 Z0.10
> > add N055 G01 Z-.10 F5.0
> > add N070 G00 Z0.10
> >
> > thanks for the laugh,
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Sherwood"
> > <lurch@t...> wrote:
> >
> > (snip)
> >
> > > to which I say
> > > N10 G00 X4.1291 Y6.8767
> > > N20 G03 X4.1291 Y6.8767 I-0.6571 J0.0000 F10.0
> > > N30 G00 X7.5848 Y6.9047
> > > N40 G03 X7.5848 Y6.9047 I-0.6571 J0.0000 F10.0
> > > N50 G00 X3.4407 Y5.4437
> > > N60 G03 X6.9315 Y5.4437 I1.7454 J0.1141 F10.0
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- 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
>
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