Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:45:08 -0600, you wrote: >I talk to mold making shop and they said that they tried all those CAM and >chose to use PowerMill. Remaining CAM from the list occasional crash >and/or break tool. Occasional crashes on a new part are mostly down to bad programming choices or lack

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Sven Wesley
2010/6/27 Steve Blackmore > On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:45:08 -0600, you wrote: > > > >I talk to mold making shop and they said that they tried all those CAM and > >chose to use PowerMill. Remaining CAM from the list occasional crash > >and/or break tool. > > Occasional crashes on a new part are mostl

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Florian Rist
Hi Aram > I want to ask about CAD/CAM or just CAM software. We had a CAM Thread on 2010.03.20 when Karl Schmidt asked about CAM solutions. Here you can find at least a part of the thread (probably the complete one, but I was unable to locate the first posting): http://sourceforge.net/mailarchi

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:37:51 +0200, you wrote: >Not entirely, I've been working with CAM-systems where the engagement >strategies were too bad and violently snapped mills when entering the >material. Also poor programming - choice of tool/feed/speed. Some cheap carbide tooling likes to snap no

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Ries van Twisk
> Hi > I want to ask about CAD/CAM or just CAM software. There are many CAM > out > there MasterCAM, UG, CATIA, PowerMill. > I talk to mold making shop and they said that they tried all those > CAM and > chose to use PowerMill. Remaining CAM from the list occasional crash > and/or break tool.

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Daniel Goller
> > These questions come up every now and then, for more answers search the > archive or check the wiki at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Cam > We might update the wiki with all the CAM's known to work with EMC2? Would be interesting if post processors adjusted for emc2 could be added

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Daniel Goller
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:37:51 +0200, you wrote: > > >>Not entirely, I've been working with CAM-systems where the engagement >>strategies were too bad and violently snapped mills when entering the >>material. > > Also poor programming - choic

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Dave
On 6/27/2010 10:57 AM, Ries van Twisk wrote: > Let the companies know at > hand because sometime they just send a sales men that > never worked with the tool he sells. > Having worked in Sales before, I can say with confidence that this is very good advice. In fact, you might want to ask for

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Sven Wesley
2010/6/27 Steve Blackmore > On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:37:51 +0200, you wrote: > > > >Not entirely, I've been working with CAM-systems where the engagement > >strategies were too bad and violently snapped mills when entering the > >material. > > Also poor programming - choice of tool/feed/speed. We

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread a
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:45:08 -0600, you wrote: > > >>I talk to mold making shop and they said that they tried all those CAM >> and >>chose to use PowerMill. Remaining CAM from the list occasional crash >>and/or break tool. > > Occasional crashes on a new part are mostly down to bad programming >

[Emc-users] "Daisy" example g-code file playing on EMCO F1

2010-06-27 Thread Tom Easterday
Some asked for video at the CNC Workshop, so here it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0re79zEX5A -Tom -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com

Re: [Emc-users] help wit o words

2010-06-27 Thread Jim Wilkin
With the help of this web site.http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/trig_multiple_axis.htm I was able to come up with the following : (cutting two arcs at same time) #3=40 (step size for z axis arc radians?) #4=#3 (x running total for z axis arc) #5=#3 (y running total for z axis arc) #6=

Re: [Emc-users] help wit o words

2010-06-27 Thread Dave Caroline
That looks like it should possibly go on the wiki as a bit of useful code Dave Caroline -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.s

Re: [Emc-users] "Daisy" example g-code file playing on EMCO F1

2010-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 June 2010, Tom Easterday wrote: >Some asked for video at the CNC Workshop, so here it is... > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0re79zEX5A > >-Tom I gotta say it Tom, that is kewl! Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, a

Re: [Emc-users] help wit o words

2010-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 June 2010, Jim Wilkin wrote: >With the help of this web >site.http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/trig_multiple_axis.htm >I was able to come up with the following : >(cutting two arcs at same time) > >#3=40 (step size for z axis arc radians?) >#4=#3 (x running total for z axis