John Thornton wrote: > Is there any facility in your software to calcualte feed and speeds for > tools? I find this feature > very helpful. > > I have four different commercial cam softwares and one is not very good and > one is much > more expensive but somewhat limiting in areas where I feel I should have > complete control. > The other two fall in the middle. Things like entry point of the cut I feel > should be in > complete control of the programmer. > ... Snip John have you ever looked at Synergy by Weber Systems. This is what I use and it definately calculates feed and speed for your tools. You do have to tune it for your machine, rigidity, spindle speeds etc. but is designed to give you handbook values of speed and feed. You have access to the tool definitions etc. so you have complete control of the generated G-code. Link http://www.webersys.com/ cad only free 2-1/2 axis (basic milling or lathe) very reasonable with upgrades available to full multi-axis solid capabilities. I chose the latter as I want to play with 4 and 5 axis solids. I have found them extremely knowledgeable about what is needed.
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