Hello all!
Welcome to the other side of being a CNC Machinist Bill. It is good to know the manual side of programming as well as the CAD/CAM side that way you can read the code your CAM Post created and have the ability to catch errors, add or remove code you may need or not need. My biggest pet peev with CAM generated code is the massive file sizes, which don’t get me wrong CAM is awesome for very complex parts. But why have a 1000 lines of code that you may be able to use the machine cycles and only take 200 lines of code. There is another aspect of programming that reduces program size and that is Macro programming once you get the hang of G-Code programming check out whatever macro programming that may be available on your machine.
Marcus I could be wrong but didn’t the O-T controller come out in the late 80’s ?
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This kind of reminds me of ham radio in a way. There are some that believe you should know how to send Morse Code and there are others that feel it is obsolete. The truth of the matter is that both have their place and both have their uses and that is the same with writing g-code vs. letting the machine do it for you. When everything goes right, there’s no problem. But, when everything goes wrong and you’re searching for the reason, it’s not really the time to be learning it. It can be a great timesaver and diagnostic tool to be able to read the code, even if you don’t write it everyday. Don’t let it get you down. Just my two cents…
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yes sir, If you need help “filtering” the G-code down to a smaller file let me know.
I’ve learned specially helps when running a surfacing op.
Arc filter and smoothing tolerances