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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 4366

Posted by staggerlytom
on 2005-07-17 09:38:37 UTC
Take a look at EMC's CP1.
More than just a program for end users, it's a programming tool to make new
conversations (dialogs). It originally put out GCode, but I hacked it to
output Heidenhain code also. Simple rule set to make a new conversation...

example convesation:
width?
depth?
cutter dia?
corner radius?
depth?
step-over?
step-down?
result:
lotsa lotsa lotsa lines of Gcode creating a pocket

How to make a new conversation?
open a text editor & look at an existing one ( each is a file )
read the docs
just change one thingy in the original & test run it
change more till you know how,
then build your own ( as difficult as a web page!)

written in TclTk so will run on Mac Uni* M$ and more
tomp

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staggerlytom 2005-07-17 09:38:37 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 4366