Anonymous
in reply to: matthewweake

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.