Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Bridgeport CNC retrofit recommendations wanted.

On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 11:05, whagaman@... wrote:

> It
> seems like a lot of people think that conversational code, canned
> cycles and mirroring in the controller is important, but it is
> usually much quicker to do that stuff in the CAM system: especially
> with the unlimited file size with a Windows-based controller.

I agree that the conversational code is disappointing. My original
intention when looking at the controller manuals was to glean
information from their conversational GUI. I wasn't impressed enough to
emulate it in our software.

I find that powerful canned routines are more than sufficient to let one
be productive with a CNC machine, even with one offs.

I find we rarely use a CAD package to generate a partfile.

>
> Kim Lux <lux@...>