Re: Software for wire EDM control?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Alan Marconett KM6VV
<KM6VV@a...> wrote:

> 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?

4 axis wire EDM machines do not use G02 or G03. The sample program
has arcs in both the top and bottom .

> 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?

Yes. Use the 4 axis, Wire EDM configuration

Tutorial here:

http://www.imsrv.com/discus/messages/12/312.html

It shows the geometry, code, and a backplot to check for wire lag
conditions.

Fred Smith - IMService