I'm a hobby lathe user. I've just converted my lathe and I'm looking into software too. I use Visual Mill for my mill, and I will have a closer look at Visual Turn when they release the new version that uses the new VisualCam engine. It was promised to be ready at the end of last year, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
In the meantime, I've been playing with Kenneth Lerman's GWiz (http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GWiz_-_A_Gcode_Wizard_Framework ). My turning requirements are generally pretty simple, so I've been building up a collection of simple turning wizards to turn, face, thread, etc. Originally I thought GWiz was going to be simple like the Mach wizards, one shots, but GWiz works more like a conversational programming tool. This is a screen shot of what I've been doing. http://www.franksworkshop.com.au/img_bin/gwiz.png GWiz is still an alpha release, but it definitely shows promise. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Hyde [mailto:laser...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 7 July 2009 10:17 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users] EMC: Lathe Users CAM preferences? > > Hey guys - I started this thread on the forum, but since > there's not much activity there at the moment, I thought I'd > bring it here: > > Rather simple question: what are the EMC-lathe users out > there using as their preferred method of developing GCode? > The wiki lists a few - and in many cases - outdated options. > I'm a lover of Mecsoft products myself, but would also prefer > to support the OS community if something exists. So, given a > DXF profile or equivalent, what's your method of: > rough/finish, thread and grooving (and are you using gang, > turret or toolpost)? > > Cheers, > > Ted. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance > to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors > submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will > have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer > Challenge. See full prize details at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/blackberry > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/blackberry _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
