Hi Len, >> I could see where you could configure the rotary axis as if it were a >> linear axis, but you'd have to reconfigure that axis and restart emc2 >> every time you changed stock to a different diameter.
Another possibility, depending on the kind of work would be to configure the rotary as a linear axis of some fixed length and then scale that axis only of the drawing to suit. i.e. feed the machine a distorted drawing with A at the fixed length of the wrapped axis but X and Z normal size. One program which I have come across - ArtCam - uses a linear A axis but I can't remember how the scaling worked. I do know, however, that the company I saw it at produced decoration round a range of sizes from small ferrules for round knife handles up to large tea/coffee pots and the work was one-offs in the main. They didn't use EMC2 but I can't see how another program could be significantly different.. Ian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What happens now with your Lotus Notes apps - do you make another costly upgrade, or settle for being marooned without product support? Time to move off Lotus Notes and onto the cloud with Force.com, apps are easier to build, use, and manage than apps on traditional platforms. Sign up for the Lotus Notes Migration Kit to learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/salesforce-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
