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Talley Boatwright shared this video about the DeskProto CAM software on Facebook. He is creating Harry Potter style wands for Halloween.
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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=799815877521552
Talley Boatwright shared this video about the DeskProto CAM software on Facebook. He is creating Harry Potter style wands for Halloween.
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Disclaimer: this post concerns self-promotion.
Free CAM software for MacOS and for Linux seems sufficiently relevant to nevertheless post.
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The DeskProto CAM software has been available...
Hi Andrew,
DeskProto can surely dip below zero when rotary machining.
When checking "Use rotation axis" the minimum Z limit for the Z by default is set to 0.0 (Part parameters, Material block...
DeskProto can indeed do that: the part rotates while cutting.
This is even possible using a helix-shaped toolpath: one long path around the complete part.
Try DeskProto, it can handle even very large STL files without any problem. It is easy to use, and the basic edition is completely free. See www.deskproto.com/products/free-ed.php
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This new video is about advanced topics for rotation axis machining, using DeskProto.
It teaches how to combine rotary toolpaths with plain XYZ toolpaths, add custom support tabs, deal with...
A next useful source of information is the DeskProto Tutorial book, available at the website as PDF.
One chapter is completely about rotation axis machining.
Hi Greg,
Indeed the ball in your example will not exactly fit the hole that you machined, for a few reasons:
- the STL approximates the real sphere using flat triangles, making the hole a bit...
Hi Cariba,
Are you sure your posted on the correct forum?
This seems a question for the Mach3 forum
Lex.
Hi Greg,
Sorry for the delayed response: normally I get an email when a new post is present here, however for some reason that did not work in this case.
The answer is a simple no: indeed the 2D...
Hi Greg,
So the working area in the DeskProto machine definition is not correct.
You can easily change that, in the Machines library:
Options > Library of machines ? OK on warning > Select your...
Have you correctly set the "Machining level" in the 2D Operation parameters (General tab) ?
Hi Greg,
Have you read the help information about the Precision ?
Each dialog screen has a Help button that presents extensive background information on all settings in the dialog.
Also see...
A tutorial on 2D toolpaths is available in Lesson 5 of the DeskProto Tutorial book, which can be downloaded at DeskProto >> download >> downloadable manuals
Lex.
Hi Greg,
The dimensions of your part are influenced by the Precision settings that you made in the Operation parameters.
DeskProto will project a pattern of toolpaths over your geometry, and for...
DeskProto can indeed do 2D CAM: in a 2D operation you can import a 2D DXF file, the cutter will follow the lines in that drawing. In the 2D operation parameters you can set the cutting depth. For a...
Hi Greg,
Not sure what you mean with "center the area".
Positioning of the part on your machine is done using the WorkPiece zero point.
On the DeskProto screen this is shown as the blue cube:...
Hi Greg,
These toolpaths are for a ballnose cutter.
Such cutter needs to go R mm (R=cutter radius) deeper than the bottom of the part in order to create vertical walls there.
Lex.
Hi Greg,
The area where no geometry is present is called the Ambient area.
You can use the option "Skip ambient" in order to skip that.
That will also skip the area around the ring though.
Lex.
Hi Greg,
It is good that you attached an image, as that shows much more than only words.
As the top surface to be machined (the side of the ring) and the tip of your cutter both are flat you can...
Hi Greg,
The strategy to first do a rough cut and then a finishing cut is OK.
Whether or not the cutter is a good choice depends on the geometry: for curved surfaces a ballnose cutter will be...
That is a solution I would never have imagined, so thanks for your help Andrew !
It is rather weird as well, something that Taig certainly needs to improve.
Like a car telling your that the breaks...
Currently we are working on this problem via a direct email contact. This is about the DeskProto settings, as I cannot say much about the Taig limit switches.
When we have found what went wrong I...
We finally found out what was wrong: Lance-ftw indeed had found a bug in DeskProto. When using the 'Basic 3D wizard' and adding support bridges, these were cut loose, so completely useless.
At that...
Hi Jeepers,
I just see that I never responded to this post: sorry about that.
Is it still current ?
About the machine not seeing the NC files on the USB: I suppose that it is looking for a...
Dear Marcus,
This will be a difficult issue to solve, I am afraid. You will not be able to fix this using the postprocessor: a postprocessor only changes the format of the NC file. Compare the two...
Hi Marcus,
On the feedrate issue that you mentioned: DeskProto does not make any feedrate changes when coming closer to the rotation axis. In standard G-code the Feedrate is defined only in linear...
Hi Inigo,
In DeskProto it is possible for any user to create and change postprocessors. This is called a 'configurable postprocessor', and can be done in the Library of postprocessors (Options...
Hi Inigo,
I am afraid that this will be a very complicated job.
The "NOTES ON THE STRUCTURE OF XNC LIST FILES" did not help much: in an NC program file I expect to find a large series of...
Hi Inigo,
As you will have seen in the DeskProto trial version there is no Biesse in the list of machines that you can choose from.
In most cases then the best you can do is select the machine...