Problem With Threading Post Processing?

All good now, and making parts. Cheers, Steve.

It's been a couple months - did you end up buying the Dolphin and if so did it work out? I'm evaluating it now for a lathe and it looks easier than Fusion but the EMC post processor is spitting out a G17 instead of G18 and when I try to use my own custom tool the entire program just crashes (shuts down, disappears, no error message just gone.) I'm hoping that's just quirks in the evaluation version because otherwise it's a good CAM software for very little $$.

Joe.

Hi Joe,

I already had Dolphin for lathe and mill, but was only using it for the cnc router. I got it to do the usual turning, profiling, grooving stuff, and with the revised PP, also single-point threading and rigid tapping. (Note that I mainly use CamBam for most 2.5D stuff on the router, as I really like it.) My experience was that the evaluation version of Dolphin worked the same as the licensed version, except for the expiry period, so the issue may be something else?

Attached for your information and use is the latest PP file for Linuxcnc lathe I got from Dolphin. Note that I have changed the file type from .ppr to .txt, so that I could upload it to the forum. You will need to change it back to .ppr to use it.

Cheers, Steve.

Thanks! The demo had a 2009 PP that was giving me some funky results. The new one from you works nicely. I think the crashing was something I was doing wrong with the new tool configuration because I managed to get a couple to work. I'm going to buy the basic version now and use it for my wood lathe.