Re: creating toolpath..

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...>
wrote:

> John,
>
> Glad to see you again promoting Dolphin, but let's be realistic on
>this.
> Either Dolphin or Vector (and I am sure others) will do what he
>wishes
> with about the same amount of effort. True in Vector you see the
>>tool
> paths that are created, but in Dolphin the toolpaths are not shown.
>This
> is neither more or less advance, just different. Either way you set
>some
> paramaters and either click the button to automatically make the
> toolpaths so you can see what you will get or directly make the g-
>code
> so you do not see what you get.
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]

Tim,
You do see the tool paths in Dolphin. You just don't have to bother
drawing them. The program does this automatically for you.
In the case mentioned you wouldn't have to draw the toolpaths, just
the outside shape.
A pic of how the toolpaths are shown is at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevenson.engineers/lsteve/files/dieselji
g.jpg

Note on this although there are 5 different toolpaths only two
operations are selected. Because the slots are all done with the same
tool you again have a choice of choosing each slot or letting the
program do all four. Further to this you even get to choose the order
and direction no matter which way they were drawn.

John S.