I have had a 1998 Bridgeport VMC 1000 for a couple years. It came to me with some minor issues. I've been able to sort through those issues and I'm really enjoying the machine. To date I have been G-coding directly at the machine, or with an editor and everything seems to work well. I have been going through Titan's CNC academy (which I think is awesome) to learn the solid modelling and part programming. I am using Fusion 360. These first two steps seem pretty straight forward, there is a post processor for DX-32, but even for a simple part the resulting .txt code file is quite (a lot of G1 moves). It seems to result in very inefficient coding. When I tried loading the .txt file, I simply got an error message.
Are there any other DX-32 users out there that can recommend a process for generating the G-code file from a solid model?
I have only been working in 3 axis. The machine was originally configured to be 4 axis, so I would like a program that would support 4 axis machining (as I learn to use the machine and software).
Thank you, David