Kasey Matejcek wrote: > I've got a project to do on my 4 axis mill x,y,z,a running EMC > > A is parallel to to the X axis and is a rotory head the part will between > centers on the x axis 28" long > > The part file is a 3d model of a cylinder like shape egg shape > > What cad program will work the best to output gcode for machining part on > the A axis > How about G-code? :)
If you can make a profile in XZ using G-code or CAM, you can enclose that code in a loop which also steps A through a full turn. Something like this: O100 sub ... your G-code ... O100 endsub #<angle>=0 #<step>=1 O200 while [#<angle> <= 360] G0 A #<angle> #<angle> = #<angle> + #<step> O100 call o200 endwhile This will do the same profile (presumably in XZ) 360 times, rotating A one degree every time. If you have different profiles to do, or there's a reasonably simple mathematical relationship between the rotation and the profile shape at that rotation (like changing a radius or something), then straight G-code with formulas should work just fine. - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
