Re: Can anyone recomend a 4-5 axis desktop CNC solution?

Hi Bill,

The CNC Toolkit exports 5-axis G-Code from toolpaths and their
associated vector directions. You need to enter the B and C axis
offsets between the tool and the axis centers.
You can import G-Code, DXF's, etc. for the base toolpaths or generate
toolpaths from scratch with the CNC Toolkit and/or MAX's own drawing
tools. There's a couple of different ways of generating the vectors
that determine the toolangle.

Regards,

Rab

http://www.rainnea.com/cnc.htm


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Kichman"
<billkichman@c...> wrote:

> Hey Rab,
>
> How does one marry the required g-code for a 5-axis toolpath? I

took a

> quick look at your toolkit, and since I am just getting up to

speed, it

> isn't really clear to me. I have Visual Mill, which will happily

generate

> up to 4-axist toolpaths, but I am interested in adding a pair of B

and C

> axes to an accessory universal head on my full size Van Norman

mill. Must

> you modify 3-axis code after it's generated by a cam program, or do

it from

> scratch?
> thanks for any info...
>
> R. William Kichman, P.E.
> Kichman Engineering Associates
> 103 Old Furnace Road
> Cornwall, PA 17016-0643
> tel/fax 717/270-0714
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