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Scott, did you ever get an ISO of Enroute 5_1.

When I was last moving Enroute to a different computer and had to set it up again I noticed that there were several post processors for other multiCAM products. you might need to select another post...

You can import STL's but they will not be as accurate after you make Base reliefs from them. But they might be good enough for what you are doing. But generally you need the older version of DXF's...

Zero is often a problem for mathematics. It's probably a bug in Enroute routines. Have you tried offsetting the path a tiny amount. say .0001 inside or outside. this might be all you need to do...

How are you cutting the dados and rabbits. Are you doing it as an island fill or as an open contour. If you are using an island fill you may have the step over set too high and causing a conflict. ...

Most likely you are not saving the G code with the correct post processor loaded. It is kind of like a printer driver. There are several that come with the software. You have to find the one that...

I've never heard of the "entry" version of Enroute. Enroute needs very clean geometry to run the tool paths. You can run both open and closed geometry as there are two options in the side menu. ...

Thanks Peteeng, I have access to Solidworks and Inventor as I am a designer. I have designed a few portable CNC hobby designs and other machines but not yet built one. I will look at Bambach and...

MoonShot, have you thought about bonding an Aluminum plate about 1 inch thick to the granite base. This would be easy to machine and make mounting the rails and gantry towers easier to mount. But...

Thanks for the info, I have been out of this DIY CNC headspace for a while. My interest is in getting a pretty stiff and well damped machine in a reasonable light weight for a portable home CNC ...

Sand would probably work much better but it would weight more and not give you your integrated coolant reservoir. Is this a moving gantry machine or something else. For pure vibration control sand...

Has anyone tried a tubular steel space frame with heavy rebar inside and filled with EG in the gap. Would be very strong and stiff and pretty good damping properties

When you say different machines do you mean different cnc machines or different computers.

CNC machines of various ages will have different amounts and speed of RAM in their controllers. And many...

I'm sure it can be done since even version 5.1 can do that. In my opinion after a year of working with version 5.1 this is how I would handle it. Create the entire 3D shape that you want in...

I know this sounds almost too simple but make sure your air pressure has not dropped too low. Below a certain point the stud clamp will not work. That will cause this. Hopefully it is not too...

Hi everyone, I've been working on this MultiCAM 1000 router for about a year. It has a secondary oscillating knife spindle on it and the CNC controller seems to have a lot of options for...

You would probably need to add this in manually as this is unconventional. For tapping you would not need to start the spindle until the tapping cycle begins. Unless you are drilling the hole as...

Ya, I don't use that method as Enroute 5.1 is not reliable enough. It's best to keep toolpaths separated on different layers and just use one layer at a time. Even then sometimes Enroute gets...

Enroute is very good at importing 2D dxf files provided they are not modern versions. If you can save the dxf file as an older version 2000 or older it will work. There is a free 2d cad program...

If you are using a different tool you can separate that pass as a different strategy and then order the strategies the way you want. That is the only way that I have found that I can make Enroute do...

I have been using Enroute 5.1 now for about a year now and I have the following observations. If the files you are generating have a lot of 3D contours then there will be a lot of code and so...

There does not seem to be a place to do it in the custom tool library. It is only in the machine setup. The other cam software that I have used usually defines the tool number in the tool library. ...

Hi all, I am new to Enroute and so far am not liking the software very much. Though it has some awesome tools.

This is my question. We have a MultiCAM 1000 with a 9 tool changer. We have the...

Here is a manual way which might work. As you may know G-code is just plain Ascii text code with no formatting except a next line return command. So you can edit the code in Windows notepad. Make...

I think it's a good method. One thing that you could do is machine a shallow pocket in the plates to accept a filling of epoxy or maybe even a filling of squeezed in silicone glue to give some...

Overall, I like your design. It seems like a good design for space savings and also reduced EG. Things to consider are method of securing Z axis column to the base to get it aligned to a high...

Hi there Shermama. If I may add my two cents, I'll discuss a couple of things you ought to think about.

You ought to build the machine as big and as rigid as you possibly can with the...

That mill looks a little more robust than I originally envisioned. I think it will work for a small hobby machine. One thing I would do is mount the motor for the spindle on some riser in that...

Are you trying to make this from home without the use of a manual mill. IF you have a drill press you may be able to make all the parts bolt together and avoid the warping that welding brings. You...

Internal cavities can be damped with sticky expanding foam. It dos not work as well as EG because it does not add much mass. But in some applications it could perform better than EG. IF the...