Any CAM Software for Howire 2 Axis & Turntable?
Hi folks,
I am designing a CNC hotwire cutter for wing and fusealge cutting. I recently came across an interesting issue, I don't see any CAM software for a 2 Axis machine with a turn table to generate the G-code ( X,Y, and C Axes). I am planning to use Mach 3 to drive the machine, and I have Pro/E wildfire 4.0 to create the 3D geometry. Can anyone give me a suggestion on where to look? This is for a hobby, so any software over $500 is going to be very hard for me to afford. If this is un-attainable, please let me know, and I will go the way of the traditional 4-axis system we all seem to love in the hotwire world.
My initial hope was to be able to cut wing and fuselage sections a couple feet thick at a time. The fuselage and wing sections would be cut with a horizontal wire, traveling axially and vertically. The wire would make a cut going one way, then the table turns, and the wire makes another cut... repeat 180 degrees. This is essentially the idea Croma-Foam.com's machine uses to cut the cellphone model out at this link:
http://www.croma-foamcutter.com/Asse...U_TOURNANT.SWF
Any suggestions on CAM software? Thanks for the help, and please pardon my complete noobness :)
-Chris Z.
Re: Any CAM Software for Howire 2 Axis & Turntable?
Search "CNC-COM" and "ROUTEX" on youtube for this software.
Re: Any CAM Software for Howire 2 Axis & Turntable?
Hi Comcli. Is this software still around anywhere? I can't find a web page where it can be downloaded. Do you know of any other CAM software for an application like this?
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Splint
Hi Comcli. Is this software still around anywhere? I can't find a web page where it can be downloaded. Do you know of any other CAM software for an application like this?
http://cnc-com.ro/download/4cnccom_setup.zip completely software but have 1 bug
http://cnc-com.ro/download/4cnccom.zip update to rezolve the bug
Sorry it is not integral in English. Some texts are in Romanian.
Re: Any CAM Software for Howire 2 Axis & Turntable?
Also, the newest program from devCad, devFoam 3D can make that style of cut and can work from an STL file.