Re: CNC Pro?

Mike,
There are several other add-ons to Mach3 that will generate
G-code, that you might not be aware of. One is activated by the
"Conversational" button in Mach3, and downloadable from
http://newfangledsolutions.com The other is a pretty new piece of
software written by Graham Hollis, one of the really talented guys,
and the webmaster of our club (www.schsm.org) It's a really slick CAD
program that generates G-code on the fly, and you can find it at
http://d2nc.com

Marv Frankel
Los Angeles

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Phillips"
<mikep_95133@...> wrote:

>
> Great explanation.
>
> After finally installing and playing with the free version of Mach3 I
> can see it has some canned G-codes. That's helpful. But the Wizards
> are the equivalent of the canned cycles I've seen on pro systems that
> I was looking for. It was impressive that most of them were written by
> users. The instructional videos were fantastic.
>
> The only downside is that this would require updating to Windows 2000
> or the hard drive made into a dual boot drive so I can still use my
> old files with CNCPro in 98 and Mach3 with 2000. Hmmm.
>
> I tried opening some of my old files with Mach3. It wasn't happy about
> them for some reason. I'd go thru and have to hit reset and stop in
> sequence even though they were already off, in order to get my old
> code to start running. I was using Mach3 2.0.034. It would run after
> that. Maybe I need some lines of code to set Mach3 into motion. My old
> files are dead simple, maybe too simple.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine <lsces@> wrote:
> >
> > Mike Phillips wrote:
> >
> > > Having canned cycles would be fantastic. Professional
> > > software/hardware packages have that built in. Doesn't Mach3 have
> > > wizards that generate g-code quickly? Maybe that's nearly a canned
> > > cycle feature. I would like to skip the cad step altogether for many
> > > easy items.
> > This is one of the best features of Mach3 - along with LazyCAM.
> > Those little jobs that it's not worth doing a drawing for are somewhat
> > painless in Mach3.
> >
> > > Less steps are better!
> > I think it depends on the type of job, but in general I find all I

have

> > to do is create the profiles I need ( not a full CAD drawing just the
> > outlines ) process them to provide gCode and then just run the

gCode. I

> > don't think you can get fewer steps than that. Of cause producing

a full

> > dimensioned drawing for the records is essential but to a certain

extent

> > it's a side path. The elements you need for CAM are not

necessarily the

> > ideal ones for CAD, and it is often better to think about

additional sub

> > drawings then trying to extract the appropriate profiles from a

pure CAD

> > one. Layers with the profile for a particular height become one

element

> > in a dimensioned drawing :(
> >
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