Exploring Cadkey's Open Architecture

[Moolvie]

I am looking for a copy of this book, it is, of course, out of print.
I currently have Cadkey99R1 at work and there are not plans to upgrade.

I thought it would be nice to be able to write some CDE's as the CADL language is lacking in some things.

I have had my local library do a library search to no avail.

If anyone has a copy they wouldn't mind letting me borrow or something.
I would appreciate it.


Doug

[bostosh]

Doug,
Cadkey does everything I can imagine.
I've been doing this stuff since 68.
What do you want to do that it cannot already do??
I've explored the limits and know a few faults of cadkey 19
And use it daily to do any geometry possible. (and make money)
The learning was a little tuff but since I was around at the beginning,
the term "workaround' does not scare me.

[Moolvy]

Sorry for the delay,

Job change and I forgot my old password etc.

Basically I have written some CADL scripts to help me use Cadkey V99r1 to program CNC mills, I was hoping to find a copy of the book so I might make it more robust. I don't see a CADL command to give me the date and time and I'd like to be able to automatically enter that into my NC program.

I am currently converting to dialog box format and right now it just outputs to a general Fanuc style program.

Doug

[bostosh]

How about explaining what exactly you wish to do?
I have been doing many dirfferent geometry
constructs since way back and have lots of "tricks"
(we had a very limited set of geometry constructs
and had to learn them)
Brian O.

[Moolvy]

Basically just trying to build a 2 1/2 axis programming system that takes out some of the drudgery.

I am hoping to figure out how to pick a boundry and have cadkey create the cuts.

where the CDE would come in is in attempting to create 3-D surface milling.

Right now I manually build the cuts I want then I can pick the chain and create a toolpath. Not a lot of advantage, except I can see that my cuts are good when I create them and I don 't have to do a bunch of math.

also I am going to attempt to output a CL file instead of a machine specific NC file. That way I can create a postprocesser and not a new script for each machine.


I am doing this more for the challenge than any great need.


Doug