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marcus7070 / spindle-assy-example

Assembly example for CadQuery
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CNC program #4

Open paucarre opened 3 months ago

paucarre commented 3 months ago

Do you use CadQuery models for your CNC machine? How do you generate programs from CadQuery models?

marcus7070 commented 2 months ago

Hi @paucarre, yes I used CadQuery models with my CNC machine. I would use selectors to pick edges, then get verticies and other topology information from them. Then I started creating toolpaths using mecode. Soon after I started trying to make my own version of mecode in gmcode. This isn't a general purpose workflow to replace a traditional CAM though. Most of the parts I was machining were 2D or simple 3D parts (carbon fibre laminates) that I had designed myself and knew I could manufacture with simple machining operations. In other words, I would design them knowing I was going to mill out area A with a pocket operation between points B, C, D and E using a 3 mm slot drill. I never had to create a toolpath over an arbitrary shape, because I designed the parts myself and I didn't do that. Sadly I've moved on from this work now, and I'm unlikely to ever get back into it.