On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Belli Button <be...@iafrica.com> wrote: > Well they same that the difference between theory and practice is > small...... in theory. > > I have seen a number of software packages that take a simple 3D toolpath and > convert it to a 5 axis tool path. Theoretically the math is not complicated > as the tangent for the A axis can be calculated from that line of G-code, > the B axis is a little more complicated as you have to look at the preceding > pass and at the next pass to calculate the tangent. I am sure that if one > of the boffins (and there seems to be a few) on this group got their teeth > into it they could write a small, simple app that would do this conversion. > Granted it wouldn't be perfect but not difficult. It might even be possible > to do this with macro on a spread sheet. > > Regards, > Greg > > Hey Belli - did you graduate from the navel adademy?
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