Re: code generation?

Not yet--but if someone writes it I'll buy it.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "James Cullins"
<jcullins@c...> wrote:

> Do they have a book " G-Code for Dummies"? :)
> Jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Sherwood" <lurch@t...>
> 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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