I have not seen http://openscam.com/ mentioned yet. also there are a couple of other experiments http://www.anderswallin.net/tag/cutsim/ gdepth at http://emergent.unpythonic.net/01169521961
Dave Caroline On 25/11/2013, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 25 November 2013 01:56, Steve Blackmore <st...@pilotltd.net> wrote: > >> >> I've never found that a simulation program runs better than the >> controller, or CAM program your going to use. >> > ... > >> Even with all that, I always air run a new job 30mm above the real thing >> and see how it runs. >> <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users> >> > > I think there is an argument for doing that _and_ running a cut simulator. > You feed the CAM system with a smooth shape, that spits out G-code, then > you can run a simulator and see what shape you will really get, with the > lumps and bumps and missed bits and gouges to bits that shouldn't have been > touched. > You might then, for example, decide on a smaller stepover, or to run the > finishing cuts in a different direction, for example. > > > > -- > atp > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription > Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. > Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing > conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
