No, it's not the angle of the cut...we're talking about the movement of the tool/head within X,Y, or Z
As for programming in G-Code...I ain't too worried about it. The CNC machines I was training people on for Elumatec were 3 and 5 axis machines. They were G-Code based also...they just had a different setup for zero than a lot of them did...plus they were using Z as a way to describe going up from the surface of the part...unlike Bryce 3d where the Y axis was used. I did quite a bit of programming at Elumatec, only there what I was doing it for was a test study for a customer. The goal was to show a substantial improvement in runtime between what we could do with our machines and what they could do currently. It was easy dealing with aluminum profiles and the like....even though I had a tendency to put together programs like a 3d modeler would do it instead of how a CNC programmer does it
A CNC programmer tends to just draw a couple of lines to cut out a square corner on a profile...I used to have a tendency to do it like I would in Bryce (draw a square to cut out a square corner, and then just adjust the position of the cutout square to adjust the position the square corner...or a negative object to clear out a positive object)
More on G-Code.... The Elumatec machines, I think used a total of, at the most 6 or 7 different G-Codes...I know that these can pretty much use the whole damn gambit.
Re: Industrial Lasers huh?
As for programming in G-Code...I ain't too worried about it. The CNC machines I was training people on for Elumatec were 3 and 5 axis machines. They were G-Code based also...they just had a different setup for zero than a lot of them did...plus they were using Z as a way to describe going up from the surface of the part...unlike Bryce 3d where the Y axis was used. I did quite a bit of programming at Elumatec, only there what I was doing it for was a test study for a customer. The goal was to show a substantial improvement in runtime between what we could do with our machines and what they could do currently. It was easy dealing with aluminum profiles and the like....even though I had a tendency to put together programs like a 3d modeler would do it instead of how a CNC programmer does it
A CNC programmer tends to just draw a couple of lines to cut out a square corner on a profile...I used to have a tendency to do it like I would in Bryce (draw a square to cut out a square corner, and then just adjust the position of the cutout square to adjust the position the square corner...or a negative object to clear out a positive object)
More on G-Code....
The Elumatec machines, I think used a total of, at the most 6 or 7 different G-Codes...I know that these can pretty much use the whole damn gambit.