What are people here using to create G-code? I am looking for options. I'm new to CNC and trying to develop a work flow. I'm making small parts (most fit in a 3" cube) for robot manipulators. These can be designed for easy manual machining but now I want to add curves and arcs and later add refinements that have more organic shapes. Qualities are as much as a half dozen each.
I use ViaCAD. It is very much identical to "TurboCAD" to make 3D drawings and these can be saved in several different file formats. I found PyCAM. It will read STL files and make G-code. Are there other options? Can you really build good G-code from STL? It seems STL has no notion of arcs and hols and pockets. It is all triangles. Does this matter? I'm doing the design work on a Apple iMac and of course the machine controller is Linux. Any workflow that uses either of those two OSes is fine, as I've had long experience with both. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
