[LJ48]

Would like to hear ,for or against these two programing types. Also gereral pro's & cons for programing choice.
I work on 1 or 2 pototype part lots. New machine cent. 7 controler VM16.

LJ48

[single phase]

I am not sure what the intent of your question is but i will take a stab.

If you are trying to decide what to learn first and your parts are prototype parts (I take that as implying that the parts change regularly) then start with the conversational that is built in the mill. It is wonderful and powerful and fast. Conversational is for programming the part by hand while looking at a drawing. You can do it at your PC with the editor Milltronics provides and then copy it over to the mill.

G-code is a universal language. CAM packages spit it out and machine tools take it in. There is nothing wrong with programming g-code by hand, it is how I program my lathe. But on a mill hand writing g-code can only go so far. For 2 1/2 D parts it can be done but the conversational language will get it done faster. For 3D parts you need conversational or a CAM software.

Cheers
Dave

[LJ48]

Hi dave
I was just curious as to what preferance people have as to which programing technic they use? I have been using conver. on a Milltronics mill for about 5-7 years, realy like "fill in the blanks" part of conver. Have programmers for our prod. machines .
thanks for the reply
LJ48