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RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CAD2lathe software

Posted by Andy Wander
on 2011-08-10 10:46:24 UTC
Lazyturn may be used for free, in it's latest version, per emails I got from Art(maybe on the list?)

He stated it was his retirement gift to us all.

You do need to go to the web-based forum, and read up on how exactly to install it, though.

I played with Lazyturn, and kind of liked it for what it was, but it is too simple to be really useful. You can't just generate multiple-tool Gcode for a profile.


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-----Original Message-----
From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jack McKie
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:28 PM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CAD2lathe software

Hi Glen,
 
I haven't tried LazyTurn!   I'll have to look into it.  I couldn't open the link.
 
I have a license but not sure if it is the pro.   Lazycam was kind of crude when I started out so I bought Rhinocam for the mill and have been doing turning manually.   I want to be able to easily turn duplicate items so am now looking at both a cam solution and converting a lathe.    Converting the lathe seems easy compared to finding a budget cam!   I don't need bar pullers, threading, or other complex stuff so maybe Lazyturn will work for what I need.
 
Thanks!
 
Jack

From: roboticscnc <gsm42@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:25 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CAD2lathe software


 

Have you tried LazyTurn ? It's included with the Mach 3 installation
now, but I think you need the Lazycam Pro license ( which I have but I
may be wrong ). I had a play with it a few months ago and it seems to
work well, however I don't need it as I just use the wizards in Mach 3
for most operations. You don't have to draw offsets for all the cuts,
it's done automatically.Here's the link to the manual download page.
Page 52 gives you a quick
overview.http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,10091.0.html
Regards,Glen.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Jack" <freshwatermodels@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Dan,
>
> Yes, I was saving as R12 but there are 3 different types of R12 and
more stuff to mess with if you dig far enough. I thought a dfx was a dfx
until this mess. There is a lot more to this than I am willing to battle
with.
>
> I need a lathe cam that will do the job w/o lots of fiddling. Being
able to draw tool paths looked easy and the price was right (wrong!)
>
> I have considered hacking with Rhinocam as a code generator and may
try that. More likely I will buy VisualTurn eventually but can't
afford it now.
>
> Jack
>
>
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Dan Field danfield@ wrote:
> >
> > I too was going to suggest maybe you have to export as R12 or ???.
> > Again not cad2lathe but I had another issue with DevCad which might
be
> > similar to yours. Now I still don't understand exactly what the
> > problem is. I was just making a simple Circle of which I wanted to
cut
> > with my CNC Hotwire in foam. The easiest method in a CAD program
is
> > the the Radius circle where you simply left click hold and then drag
to
> > what ever radius or diameter you want and then let go. Same for
> > rectangles or squares. Well, there is also for circles a 3 point
arc
> > to complete your circle method, keep this in mind.
> >
> > So there is my radius circle, it exported just fine as R12 ( which
the
> > foamcutting program needs ). It also imported just fine, there is
my
> > circle now showing up in the Foamcutting software but no go. There
are
> > some tricks in the Foamcutting software to "align" points, change
the
> > direction and or the start point and such but nothing was working,
it
> > would not cut.
> >
> > Off to the Foamcutting Programmer, here is my file and it won't
> > cut..... He came back a few days later and says your circle is
an
> > "Object", it has no beginning nor end ???? Use the 3 point Arc
method
> > to make your circles. This even though in the Foamware I could
see
> > Points, there was a zero starting point and a higher point number
right
> > next to it.
> >
> > I don't understand the difference but using 3 point Arc solved the
> > problem. CAD and I don't get along very well for these reasons.
I
> > make what I think are rather simple things and there can be some
issues
> > that are not very clear, at least not for me.
> >
> > I just bring this up as I don't know HOW you made your drawing.
Same
> > thing for rectangles, you have to do individual lines and then join
> > them. Or explode to polylines and then join or close, I never know
> > what I am supposed to do, I just keep banging away until it works or
> > beats me.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/9/2011 11:16 AM, Brian Worth wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Jack, instead of saving your polyline as a dxf, use the
"export"
> > > command. Then check the schema that it is exporting in, R11, R12
or
> > > whatever, and use "edit schemes" to see that polylines are
exported as
> > > polylines, and not the default "lines". Hope this helps, shout if
you
> > > need more help.
> > >
> > > Regards, Brian
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Jack freshwatermodels@
> > > <mailto:freshwatermodels%40yahoo.com>>
> > > To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> > > <mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 17:35
> > > Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CAD2lathe software
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have cad2lathe which looked pretty crude but for what I do I
thought
> > > it would work. I design in Rhino and can save a dxf file for
> > > cad2lathe. Sadly cad2lathe seems to see my polylines as line
segments.
> > > Any ideas of what is going wrong and how to solve the problem? I
> > > really don't want to invest big bucks for lathe cam and cad2lathe
would
> > > suit my use if I can get it to work.
> > >
> > > Any insight and/or solutions appreciated!
> > >
> > > Jack
> > >
> > > __.
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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