On Dec 11, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Chris Radek wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:18:45PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: >> >> GOOD point! You (Risto) might want to get in touch with Chris Radek, >> who has a desktop 5-axis mill at the 2008 CNC workshop. >> He has some software that generates the toolpaths, but I didn't >> inquire >> how he was doing it. I should have. > > No I don't. The demo gcode was handwritten. John K wrote it. >
Did you try any generated code? At work we are looking into buying a 5 axis mill. I never thought it would be easy to operate such a machine, but it seems to get harder every day I learn more about it. And we don't even have it yet. I am also curious if Stuart's machine is using handwritten code or that he is using some kind of cam software. If so, I am really curious how the postprocessor was made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35tHYaDUmZQ I am using NX for design and engineering. Now that I have my 3axis hobby machine I am trying to figure out how NX cam works. So far, I understand it just a bit, I made a postprocessor for it and all seems to work pretty good. But to me, the step from 3 to 5 axis is not just 2 axis extra. Handwriting code for a 5 sided block might an option, maybe even a pyramid. But I think it is already pretty hard to chamfer all edges of a pyramid for instance. So, you will need something to generate toolpaths, even for parts that don't look very complicated. So, for the 5 axis users, what cam software do you use? How did you get a postprocessor? Dirk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
