Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Software for wire EDM control?

Hi Fred,

Would Vector CAD/CAM generate similar code for arcs in BOTH planes? So
no G02/G03 codes are EVER generated by vector in Wire EDM mode?

I don't have the manual with me, is there an example there, and can I
run it on the 9.4 Vector CAD/CAM I have? I didn't see any clues just
looking at Vector's screens briefly.

Best regards,

Alan KM6VV
P.S. Thanks for the sample code


Fred Smith wrote:

>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Graham Stabler" <eexgs@n...>
> wrote:
>
> > I can see the problem and I am a little confused as in some cases
> you
> > might do a circular move with the upper wire pivot and a linear on
> > the lower. I'd love to see some wire based Gcode.
>
> This is 4 axis wire code generated in VectorCad-Cam.
>
> The part is a 1 inch radius circle at the bottom, and at 1" in Z the
> top of the part has a 1 x 1 square with .25 corner radius, it is
> symmetric to the circle. The interpolation is .001 arc-chordal
> accuracy, so I only posted to 3 decimals. Cutting starts at the
> right side. This is the code from the first quadrant
>
> N10 G00 X1.000 Y0.000
> N11 G01 X0.996 Y0.087 U-0.496 V-0.056
> N12 X0.985 Y0.174 U-0.485 V-0.111
> N13 X0.966 Y0.259 U-0.466 V-0.165
> N14 X0.940 Y0.342 U-0.440 V-0.217
> N15 X0.906 Y0.423 U-0.406 V-0.266
> N16 X0.866 Y0.500 U-0.366 V-0.313
> N17 X0.819 Y0.574 U-0.319 V-0.355
> N18 X0.766 Y0.643 U-0.266 V-0.393
> N19 X0.714 Y0.700 U-0.218 V-0.407
> N20 X0.658 Y0.753 U-0.173 V-0.418
> N21 X0.597 Y0.802 U-0.131 V-0.427
> N22 X0.533 Y0.846 U-0.092 V-0.435
> N23 X0.466 Y0.885 U-0.055 V-0.443
> N24 X0.396 Y0.918 U-0.021 V-0.452
> N25 X0.324 Y0.946 U0.012 V-0.461
> N26 X0.249 Y0.968 U0.044 V-0.472
> N27 X0.174 Y0.985 U0.076 V-0.485
> N28 X0.087 Y0.996 U0.100 V-0.496
> N29 X0.000 Y1.000 U0.125 V-0.500
> N30 X-0.087 Y0.996 U0.150 V-0.496
> N31 X-0.174 Y0.985 U0.174 V-0.485
>
> Fred Smith - IMService