Re: Newbie: Machining an oval?

RayHex,

Where you using another name then? I couldn't find your post.

Thanks,

George

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Raymond Heckert" <jnr@a...>
wrote:

> If you're talking about machining an ellipse, see my post to this

list (May

> 4, '02 - 1:25 PM). An oval, by defenition is roughly egg-shaped

(i.e.

> elliptical). An obround is a rectangle whose corners have been

filleted

> with radii equal to half the length of the shortest sides. An

ellipse can

> be generated directly from a mathematical formula. A circle is

just a

> special representation of an ellipse. HTH
>
> RayHex
>
> ----------
> > From: gglines1 <gglines@c...>
> >
> > Can the G02/G03 commands be used to machine an oval tool path?