topic Re: Post for Plasmacam Samson 510 in Fabrication CADmep Forum

Post for Plasmacam Samson 510

matthewweake — Fri, 08 May 2015 05:29:22 GMT

Does anyone have a Post Processor for a Plasmacam Samson 510 as seen here http://www.plasmacam.com.au/samson-510?

It does import dxf but what about leadins, linking etc?

Any suggestions?

Matthew Weake

CADPRO Systems Ltd

Re: Post for Plasmacam Samson 510

brett.stacks — Fri, 08 May 2015 11:20:27 GMT

Hi Matthew.w,

Have you tried the custom NC tool available in CAMduct 2016?

http://help.autodesk.com/view/FABRICATION/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-37E9B10C-E790-430D-B8D0-3310A0B44C82

Re: Post for Plasmacam Samson 510

matthewweake — Sat, 09 May 2015 07:45:29 GMT

I was made aware of this yesterday. It scares me a little! (Actually a lot knowing the damage I could cause.)

It would be cool if it followed the same sort of approach as HSM using javascript.

Will use this as a last resort.

It looks like Plasmacam and the Samson 510 controller are tightly integrated. Plasmacam looks like it imports dxf so maybe that is the only path.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Matthew

Re: Post for Plasmacam Samson 510

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2015 13:32:34 GMT

Most if not all CAM system have a way to create a custom post processor. That's really just an interpreter that tells the software how to talk to your partiucular machine controller.

CAMduct was one of the few that didn't allow this until 2016. There were some undocumented ways in prior versions to do additioal tweaks but 2016 provides the ability to build what you need.

I wouldn't worry about messing things up too much. For the most part, CAMduct knows how most types of equipment in this industry operate and the new custom post options shouldn't let you create anything too destructuve.

I've seen other CAM systems where you litterally started from scratch and wrote in a special language everything....those were damgerous...you could plunge an end mill right into your table.

For the most part, I think you'll find the custom post options in CAMduct fairly safe in terms of not damanging your machine. You might waste a little material getting it setup but there should be very little risk in actually damaging your machine tools.

Re: Post for Plasmacam Samson 510

brett.stacks — Wed, 13 May 2015 20:29:19 GMT

If you are not comfortable doing this yourself then you can always choose to use one of our partners who are specialized with these fabrication products. We are pleased to announce that we have been working with several companies to increase the number of specialized partners who are certified for CADmep, CAMduct and ESTmep. Here is the current list:

Geo | Person Organization Name
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AMER CAD Technology Center Inc
AMER GTP Svcs LLC
AMER Managed Design
AMER Microdesk Inc-Nashua
AMER Enceptia
APAC INFRA INFORMATION TECH. CO., LTD.
APAC KOREA CIM LTD
APAC Linetek System Co.Ltd
EMEA C Cad Computing
EMEA Cad Studio a.s.
EMEA CADline Ltd
EMEA Excitech Ltd
EMEA Graitec
EMEA Pentagon Solutions Ltd