Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Visual Mill and EMC

> Is anyone using Visual Mill with EMC? Is there a postprocessor for
> EMC for use with Visual Mill?

I do.
Not on their web site.

It isn't hard to adjust a post-processor to fit EMC from whatever CAM
program. There are two things to look for:

1. If you are using '%' at the start and finish of your programs, make sure
the post-processor inserts those with your generic start/finish
codes/comment. The '%' method uses the current MDI settings.
Otherwise, when use an M2 at the end of the program. Beware that M2 will
reset everything to assorted defaults, and the G54 coordinate system. Up
until recently, the M02 interaction with G92 offsets was broken. (And G92
was, to a certain extent)

2. Set the comment delimiters to parentheses.

The other caveat that sometimes crops up - the output g-code file needs to
be standard ASCII. Some CAM programs use CR-LF end-of-line characters, but
EMC doesn't accept that. VisualMill works well with EMC.

HTH,

Keith