suitable artcam post processor

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22 Jul 2014 20:35 #49017 by eng_wmw
Hi All,

I am using artcam to generate G-code for my machine , I don't know what is the suitable post processor to run on linuxcnc
I tried mach2.cnc but its very slow in circles
And tried G-Code Arcs.tab its fast in circles but in squares make a problem ... please check problem in attached photo

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22 Jul 2014 23:34 #49025 by ArcEye

I tried mach2.cnc but its very slow in circles


It probably uses lots of small segments to make an arc, which is slow because the controller executes each as a seperate move, there is no flow from one end to the other
as with a properly programmed G2 or G3

And tried G-Code Arcs.tab its fast in circles but in squares make a problem ... please check problem in attached photo


see www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gcode/gcode.html#sec:G61-G61_1 and next section G64

The amount of rounding at corners can be controlled by these settings.

The available posts are here
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Cam_Post

However you will probably have to adapt one from another CAM that is something near your output (Mach is normally not too far off)

regards

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