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G code creation and verification on your smartphone

VicTLG

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Feb 22, 2015
Location
Cupertino, CA
Hi,
I am a long time CNC lathe programmer/machinist, I am sure topic of G code verification has been addressed numerous times,. but ...., have you considered portability and convenience of modern smartphone?

Put some extra horsepower into your smartphone, below are my pics and ticket to happier work day for guy at the machine.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.fastnc.android.geocalc&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nctoolsinch.fukazaki&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.toushou.Calc4CNC&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naver.blog.lathegeo.single_taper&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naver.blog.lathegeo.polar_interpolation&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naver.blog.lathegeo.unit_converter&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naver.blog.lathegeo.threads.metric&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mikaapps.dovetailgroove&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lusoft.roughnesspro&hl=en

Generate tool paths with help of above app's then test them with help of one below by simply typing in few critical blocks, saving file and running it.
If graphics look good, so will the part, got suspect area or alarm, plot it and fix it, more power to little guy and incentive for programmer to do better job.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afanche.android.Lathe&hl=en

There is nothing else on Android market that rivals this app, I have contributed to its creation and just wanted to spread the news on here.
Above are app's I selected to get my work done with calculator on steroids, all for cost of few beers.


Download Cutviewer

I have also contributed to development of Cutviewer long time ago, namely, I assisted Stan in configuring Fanuc style canned cycles. I am not sure how support for Okuma works but I am not aware of another desktop verification software in that price range that supports canned cycles.

I have used and promoted purchase of two other cheep packages over the years, Inplot and Discriminator CNC editor.
Inplot
Discriminator Download

Discriminator will display Y axes work in mill-turn but not C axes polar coordinate work, attempts to configure it failed.
There is a free version that excludes editor window.

Inplot is one of my favorites to this day, elements of CAD/Cam and nice editor all in one window for price of good bottle of wine.
I even convinced some managers to spend $150 and start putting their programming in order.

These things work magic when you apply them selectively and rationally, I can't figure out why so many shops work without them, they are powerful debugging and teaching tools that justify cost exponentially.

There may not be such thing as free lunch but some of these app's I listed above are as close as you can get to it.
I have no interest in sales of any of them, just wanted to make you aware of some well tested choices that won't break the bank.

Developer of Android app is willing to upgrade the app based on interest, more features will make it more useful, take a closer look at your lathe G code programs right there at the machine.
Using calculator on steroids, generate and test few blocks of code at a time, construct canned cycles with cutter comp calculated in each pass, debug that alarm and correct things hard to identify by looking at bunch of numbers.

Cheers
 








 
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