Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:45:08 -0600, you wrote: I talk to mold making shop and they said that they tried all those CAM and chose to use PowerMill. Remaining CAM from the list occasional crash and/or break tool. Occasional crashes on a new part are mostly down to bad programming choices or lack

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Sven Wesley
2010/6/27 Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:45:08 -0600, you wrote: I talk to mold making shop and they said that they tried all those CAM and chose to use PowerMill. Remaining CAM from the list occasional crash and/or break tool. Occasional crashes on a new part

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:37:51 +0200, you wrote: Not entirely, I've been working with CAM-systems where the engagement strategies were too bad and violently snapped mills when entering the material. Also poor programming - choice of tool/feed/speed. Some cheap carbide tooling likes to snap no

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Ries van Twisk
Hi I want to ask about CAD/CAM or just CAM software. There are many CAM out there MasterCAM, UG, CATIA, PowerMill. I talk to mold making shop and they said that they tried all those CAM and chose to use PowerMill. Remaining CAM from the list occasional crash and/or break tool. Price

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Daniel Goller
These questions come up every now and then, for more answers search the archive or check the wiki at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Cam We might update the wiki with all the CAM's known to work with EMC2? Would be interesting if post processors adjusted for emc2 could be added

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Daniel Goller
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:37:51 +0200, you wrote: Not entirely, I've been working with CAM-systems where the engagement strategies were too bad and violently snapped mills when entering the material. Also poor programming

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Dave
On 6/27/2010 10:57 AM, Ries van Twisk wrote: Let the companies know at hand because sometime they just send a sales men that never worked with the tool he sells. Having worked in Sales before, I can say with confidence that this is very good advice. In fact, you might want to ask for an

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread Sven Wesley
2010/6/27 Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:37:51 +0200, you wrote: Not entirely, I've been working with CAM-systems where the engagement strategies were too bad and violently snapped mills when entering the material. Also poor programming - choice of

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-27 Thread a
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:45:08 -0600, you wrote: I talk to mold making shop and they said that they tried all those CAM and chose to use PowerMill. Remaining CAM from the list occasional crash and/or break tool. Occasional crashes on a new part are mostly down to bad programming choices or

[Emc-users] Daisy example g-code file playing on EMCO F1

2010-06-27 Thread Tom Easterday
Some asked for video at the CNC Workshop, so here it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0re79zEX5A -Tom -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit

Re: [Emc-users] help wit o words

2010-06-27 Thread Jim Wilkin
With the help of this web site.http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/trig_multiple_axis.htm I was able to come up with the following : (cutting two arcs at same time) #3=40 (step size for z axis arc radians?) #4=#3 (x running total for z axis arc) #5=#3 (y running total for z axis arc)

Re: [Emc-users] help wit o words

2010-06-27 Thread Dave Caroline
That looks like it should possibly go on the wiki as a bit of useful code Dave Caroline -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first --

Re: [Emc-users] Daisy example g-code file playing on EMCO F1

2010-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 June 2010, Tom Easterday wrote: Some asked for video at the CNC Workshop, so here it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0re79zEX5A -Tom I gotta say it Tom, that is kewl! Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and

Re: [Emc-users] help wit o words

2010-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 June 2010, Jim Wilkin wrote: With the help of this web site.http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/trig_multiple_axis.htm I was able to come up with the following : (cutting two arcs at same time) #3=40 (step size for z axis arc radians?) #4=#3 (x running total for z axis arc)