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 matter what :) >Or even worse, when there was material left in the corners of the >mould, next time the mill came to the corner - snap... Could be bad CAM strategy, could simply be wrong choice of roughing strategy and tool. FeatureCam is pretty good in remembering what it didn't cut on roughing and will adjust finishing to compensate, but everything can be overridden and it's possible to screw anything up if you try hard enough <G>. >I'm also using Rhino nowadays, but with the MadCAM plugin. I'm very >satisfied. I use Rhino myself for CAD (I hate industry standard AutoCAD;). MadCAM's good for mould work (which it was designed for) at expert level option. Drawback - it's reliant on Rhino. (Hidden cost and learning curve if you don't already posses it) Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
