by Toni
1/19/2012 22:45
Okay - this is way too cool! Jerome Miles suggested we take a look at CamBam, which is a tool that takes a CAD drawing and allows you to specify what you want to do to the part with the mill, then it automatically generates the G-Code for you! How neat is that??
We created a DXF of the chassis base for the new fairyweight, imported it into CamBam+, told it we wanted three pockets 3/8" deep, and it spat this out:
And it gave us a text file with the G-Code for it!
( Made using CamBam - http://www.cambam.co.uk )
( FW2 Bottom.dxf 1/19/2012 10:30:14 PM )
( T0 : 0.1875 )
G20 G90 G64 G40
G0 Z0.1
( T0 : 0.1875 )
T0 M6
( Pocket1 )
G17
M3 S0
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G1 Y1.8012
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G1 X0.6368
G1 Y1.7074
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G3 X0.8438 Y1.8012 I0.0 J0.0938
G1 Y2.1563
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G1 Y1.8012
G3 X0.9368 Y1.732 I0.0938 J0.0
G1 Y0.768
G3 X0.9063 Y0.6988 I0.0632 J-0.0692
G1 Y0.3438
G1 X0.8438
G1 Y0.6988
G3 X0.75 Y0.7926 I-0.0938 J0.0
G1 X0.625
G3 X0.5313 Y0.6988 I0.0 J-0.0938
G1 Y0.2188
G1 X0.2188
G1 Y2.2813
G1 X0.5313
G1 Y1.8012
G3 X0.625 Y1.7074 I0.0938 J0.0
G1 X0.6368
G0 Z0.1
G0 X2.8688 Y1.5063
G1 Z-0.375
G1 X3.0063
G1 Y0.9938
G1 X2.8688
G1 Y1.5063
G1 X2.7938
G1 Y1.5813
G1 X3.0813
G1 Y0.9188
G1 X2.7938
G1 Y1.5063
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G1 X3.1563
G1 Y0.8438
G1 X2.7188
G1 Y1.5063
G0 Z0.1
M5
M30
How cool is that?! Can't wait to try this out!!
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