On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 01:00:55PM -0400, Don Stanley wrote: > Can EMC do coordinated move on all nine axis in a > single move command i.e. G01?
Yes. > Are there limitations that would require compound arcs shapes > to be converted to small step in a five axis milling machines? Can you give an example of what you mean by compound arc shape? Arcs (helixes) can currently only be cut in the G17, G18, G19 (xy, yz, zx) planes. You cannot for instance make a UV arc. However imagine cutting a chamfer around the top of a 1" radius cylinder on a 5 axis machine. The motion is an arc in XY (tool tip moves in a circle) and C moves in a coordinated way so as to remain radial, something like: G20 G90 G0 X1 Y0 B-45 C0 G3 I-1 C360 F10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
