I know I have rotate on my Analam mill not sure about scale. I can rotate about a point and make copies of the tool path. Also it does rotate about an axis to do a tool path about itself if that makes sense.
I think scale would be handy for any artsy fartsy type stuff as well as sign makers... John On 20 May 2008 at 18:52, Organic Engines wrote: > Hi, > > I took a look at the Ge Fanuc user manual and lo and behold: G50 G51 > > scaling. > > The reason I was curious about it, was two separate machining > issues. > > One, scaling. I have a breakout board PCB isolation milling file > that > I thought would look cool made real large. Suitable for wall hanging! > I probably won't do it now, since it's a PITA to redo the thing from > scratch, Gerber to DXF, increase size, CAM and then cut. > > Two, I have a small part I wanted to make a few of on some scrap > pieces. I could make several in the margins of my scrap. But In order > to make it happen I had to do two separate DXFs, one rotated 90 deg, > and CAM them both in order to use the scrap effectively. > > I looked in the RS274NGC book as well as the EMC manual, and both > G50/51 and G68 are absent. > > Not useful enough? Scale would be handy for sign makers mainly. > > Dan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
