Originally Posted by HuFlungDung The processes involved from CAD to finished part includes tens of thousands of "tips" that is going to take a while to acquire. |
I've found that buying the books used at universities and other schools give a good entry level information. (Surprize surprize!) Is there any such for CAD/CAM that you could suggest?
I highly doubt that any crash course will prepare you adequately, as it simply takes time (and sleep) for your brain to absorb and categorize the new info. |
Hey Mr. Dung! What do you know about my brain?
Don't cheat yourself by milling that square pocket on your manual mill. Make yourself do it completely in cadcam. |
Ooh. I did my first pocket in G-code with a pocket calculator, a piece of paper and a programmer's editor. I know, in business that would be a sure way to bankrupcy, but hey this is a hobby. And when learning to make web pages I started handwriting them in HTML, and that has really helped me debug the screwups that Microshaft tools can do to a page. So I figure the same may apply to G-code, that it's useful to understand it even if you really do your work on a higher level.
I must admit this simplistic way of learning so far have cost me two 5mm endmills. But I think I learned from that too. Don't wing it if you think it just may be fine. That's what you could call a crash course.
