[keen]

Hi All.

Any V25 users with Pathpilot post processor information most welcome!

Keen

[magicniner]

A very brief shuftie through the Path Pilot forum on CNC Zone suggests others are using EMC Post.
BCC list some EMC Posts here -

CNC Machine Post Processors | CAD/CAM Software | BobCAD-CAM | BobCAD-CAM

Regards,
Nick

[keen]

A very brief shuftie through the Path Pilot forum on CNC Zone suggests others are using EMC Post.
BCC list some EMC Posts here -

CNC Machine Post Processors | CAD/CAM Software | BobCAD-CAM | BobCAD-CAM

Regards,
Nick

Many thanks Nick

[CS900]

i actually just spent a few hours today customizing a lathe post for mach. If the EMC post isn't perfect, i'm sure we can customize it so it is.

[keen]

A very brief shuftie through the Path Pilot forum on CNC Zone suggests others are using EMC Post.
BCC list some EMC Posts here -

CNC Machine Post Processors | CAD/CAM Software | BobCAD-CAM | BobCAD-CAM

Regards,
Nick

Hi Nick - There is a few to choose from - Is there a quicker way than trying them all? Keen

[keen]

i actually just spent a few hours today customizing a lathe post for mach. If the EMC post isn't perfect, i'm sure we can customize it so it is.

Thanks CS900. As above, I suppose the best plan is to try all the applicable EMC posts on the same NC code and settle on the one that shows the least error messages, and if a error messages persists, get back to you guys?

Keen

[magicniner]

Hi Nick - There is a few to choose from - Is there a quicker way than trying them all? Keen

I'm afraid I'm not a Path Pilot or EMC user so I'm unable to advise on which might best suit you,
Regards,
Nick

[magicniner]

Thanks CS900. As above, I suppose the best plan is to try all the applicable EMC posts on the same NC code and settle on the one that shows the least error messages, and if a error messages persists, get back to you guys?

Keen

Ideally you'll need to test with a full or good range of operations, different sections of the post processor deal with behaviours under different operations.

In a perfect world the authors of controller software would publish decent documentation on the G Code requirements and the CAM software publishers would produce decent or even rudimentary documentation on post processors for their software and us poor users could then read both and with a little luck produce a reasonable post processor.
Unfortunately the race to release is king, all else is very, very, very secondary,
Regards,
Nick

[CS900]

Mach has fairly good documentation for the Gcode it requires. I have not checked the pathpilot documentation, it is terrible?

Does Pathpilot have "wizards" like Mach does? You could always use the wizards to export the required Gcode formatting, and kind of reverse engineer the code requirements for the canned cycles that way.

[magicniner]

Any good documentation on post processors on the Bob Cad side?

[CS900]

nope. not that i have found.