Stuart Stevenson replied "agreed - the "kinematics" is in the g code program - just having the machine control the axes is enough to be able to cut 5 axis parts"
I was under the impression that the kinematics had to be written in EMC2 for the coordinated movement between all the axes to function properly? However what you say seems to make more sense. When the tool path is generated by the CAM software, off the surfaces of the 3D model, the software uses the user selected post processor to output the G code for the desired tool path. So it is the writer of the post processor that will have to know the orientation of the axis of the machine being used (hence the kinematic calculations) so that the G code is correct to produce the desired tool path. Am I understanding this correctly? Then is it a matter of setting up the correct axis in the ini and other files of EMC2 to achieve motion of the XYZAB axes? Thank you for your help - Steve Van Der Loo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
