Hi Guys:
Sorry I dont get here as often as I like. Been a busy few months. I read your comments and thought Id post a couple of short notes..
Lazycam determins if particular chains are inside other chains. If they are, the leadins are placed on the inside of inside chains, and they are tagged for first cut. Chainging the side of them is as easy as clicking the leadin and telling it to switch sides.
The Leadins can be used for a quick conversion to radisu comp, as any tool smaller than the radisu of those arcs will comp on that side if a simple G41 is added to the code, or G42. In the end, Lazycam will do that for you.
It is a work in progress though, first program releases will have fewer features, and they will grow from there. Pocketing and such is not a priority, but lathe profiling is. For Mills, we are looking at things such as rotation and nesting. Myself and Biran feel that the program has the potential to meet the needs of all us "Lazy, busy, or stupid" people who never seem to catch oin to true CAM programs. Our thought, is let the program decide, it probably knows more than we do anyway.. (Good theory, hope it works.. ). This program will be experimental and will take about 4 months to stabilise, but as of next week, it shoudl provide a nice easy way to get a toolpath form most shapes you can draw in coreldraw, or acad, or whatever you like to draw in.
I appreciate the comments, I do check in periodically, (though Im off on vacation after Saturdays release (Cut and run strategy..), so I hope everyone enjoys it, just remember, its limitations, (if you find them) will slwoly go away.
Thanks
Art
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