I watched a fellow SmartCAM V4.5 programmer show me the latest offerings by P.E.P. Technologies.
He does the programming for a laser job shop where nesting of various sized parts in varying quantities on different size sheets is a daily occurrence. SC is okay for quick one off programs but from what I saw of PEP's capabilities it is truly remarkable product. He is still learning the package and feels that it will meet all their requirements. They intend to keep SC V4.5 for the one off jobs and simple nesting. Here is a link to check out P.E.P. http://www.netinformations.com/Detailed/137587.html So far they're pleased with the live tech support and e-mail support. They're biggest customers supply them with Acad DXF files that they simply cut without any profile verifications of dimensions or breaks. Just like it should be. P.E.P. does not require a translator for the DXF file as it reads them directly in with a 'show preview' window. -----Original Message----- From: Inthasane, Jay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 6:49 PM To: Michael Senack; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Profile direction Michael, I have the same problem when programming for a waterjet machine. I have a panel with a bunch of different parts layout on the panel. I have not find a macro that will chain and put it in the same direction. You will have to manually search and change them for now. Hopefully there is such a macro that will auto search, auto, chain and auto it in one direction. Good luck, -Jay San Diego, CA. -----Original Message----- From: Pete Ruehle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 3:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Profile direction Michael, You can group the profile and use wall offset to check the direction. For example, do a group wall offset to the left with a huge distance relative to the work you do, then get the "result" group and check if there are any elements in the group. If there are, your direction is clockwise. I set DS=100. in mine because I never work on anything close to that size. So if the direction of the profile is CCW, no elements will be created by the wall offset. #OFFSETDIR=0 // Set direction to left GRP_WALL[SD=#OFFSETDIR, DS=100., ME=0, RP=1, LR=0, TA=0, AN=180] //Offset by 100 inches NAME_GRP[GN="PROFILE", RM=0] NEW_GRP[] // Clear current group GET_GRP[GN="RESULT", AR=0] // Get the 'Result' group IF(GRP(0)<1) // Check group size, if empty, direction is CCW GET_GRP[GN="PROFILE", AR=0] //get the original profile, and reverse direction GRP_REVERSE[RP=1] ELSE GRP_DELETE[] // If not empty, delete resulting elements. Direction is CW GET_GRP[GN="PROFILE", AR=0] Pete Thanks to Chris K > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Profile direction >Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 17:03:44 -0400 > >>When you insert after any element on a profile whether it be a line >or >>an arc, is there any macro >> >>command or method to determine the direction of the profile? >> >> >> >>Basically what I'm after is a method to check if a profile is going >in a >>CW direction, can you >> >>have SC find out that it is going in deed CW and then reverse it? >> >> >> >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Michael Senack >> >> >> >> >> >> ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
