I intend to send them the money in the new year when my bank account can afford it. I thought that exercise would be a good test of the program's capabilities (pockets, the letters as islands, etc.) and it would be something I needed. I did that & was able to use it to make two number plates for "Dart," a Martin Evans design for an English tank engine in 7 1/4" scale.
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You can download a complete working version of Synergy & try it for 30 days. Sherline is recommending a CAD package called Synergy from Weber systems.
If there is some better sofware for the money I would sure like to know about it. I went through this kinda quick but I think this is amazing technology available to the home machinist or anyone else. There are ways to program different steps or planes (called islands) but I'm still working on that. Copy and paste to repeat certain moves or delete unwanted moves. Some editing is required be sure the "Z" axis advances with the tool off the part rather than plunging downward.
WOW, not bad for a guy that repeated 4th grade. Open the file and "Bingo" there is the g-code file. Microsoft Notepad opens the file for editing. I think it is best to save the file with a. Now click "file", then "save toolpath CNC" and where to save whether it be a floppy drive or somewhere else. If a finishing pass was required an additional red line would be visible indicating another pass. Go to "Edit DXF" to change path direction. Notice the arrows indicating path direction. The blue line is the part profile and the red line is the tool path. Resharpened endmills can be use with no problem by entering their actual diameters.įor this job I selected contour. This is where tool diameters, depths, speed, finishing allowances and so on are entered. Sometimes it pockets when I want to contour or the other way around. For some reason I need to play with pocket or contour before the software gets it right. Click on "Toolpaths" then select pocket, drill or contour. If the part had a hole, X0 and Y0 can be referenced from the hole. The g-code is referanced from these points. The drawing can be centered to the origin but I often position the left side as X0 and the bottom Y0. I like to already have the object oriented in the CAD drawing but it can be rotate here if need be. Now click on "Edit DXF" then select "scale, move, rotate selected". To enlarge click "View" then "Zoom Selected" The drawing line turns from red to blue when selected. Next click on "Select" then "select single" and click again on a line of the drawing. Next open up DeskCNC and under"file", click on "open DXF file". The lines have all been digitally defined and are all that is required for the conversion. It is best to leave off dimensions, origins, notes from the drawing. I do not proclaim to be an expert with this software but I feel the information is worth passing along to others.įirst is a CAD drawing saved in.
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This software, with a little practice, can convert the most complex contours in a CAD drawing to machine readable code (g-code) in a fraction of a second.
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I liked it so well I purchased my own copy for a full version. DeskCNC sofware is a free download for 30 days.
I'm going to try to demo DeskCNC software. This post would be more appropriate in the CNC forum but it required a fair amount of effort to create so I'm posting it here for maximum exposure.