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

> > > > 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

> > > 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

> > > 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 :(
> > >
> > > --
> > > Lester Caine - G8HFL
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