On 12/4/2013 6:53 AM, bigengineer wrote: > Hi, > > I am interested in this too. I have been silent here for a long time, > (and was never really active either). But this is something where I > might, semi-intelligently, help. :-) > > Long ago I tried what openscad could do with substracting a cylinder > moving along a path. I wasn't impressed with the speed. Unless things > have really changed I don't think this will work. > > Anders' solution however, is something I was thinking about but couldn't > really envision how to get started. If there is someone picking this up > I would like to help. Although I am not certain how helpfull I will be. > > I can at least provide complex toolpaths. I am a (siemens) NX user and > wrote all postprocessors for the machines we have at work. So, I do know > a bit, but very specific for NX of course. > > Dirk
It's not just simulating the tool shape and the material being cut, it needs to simulate the parts of the machine and work and tool holders that could be hit by the tool. There would need to be some quick method of taking measurements of the sizes and locations of clamps, vises etc and entering them into the simulation. The machine would only need to be done once and files for those could be shared so others with the same machine wouldn't have to repeat the measuring and could refine the data. Common sizes of clamps and vises could also be a library for the simulator, resizable to match measurements taken from the users own set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
