RoboFac Details

[harley573]

This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up all night, much to my wife's dismay....
The more I thought about it, I started to realize that I was making it harder than it is. To be sure I understand, the 6 dof are the standard x,y, and z planes, as well as a tilt or roll of the tool platform in any of three axis. Is that right? What about translating 3d images, (like solid edge .par files) into g-code. What do you use for that?

[SimonArthur]

Yes, you understand the 6 degrees of freedom.

I haven't found a good cheap tool that can calculate 5 axis machining yet. In fact, even crappy CAM programs seem to cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. I've tried a few "evaluation versions" of various pieces of software and have generally been disappointed for one reason or another.

But RoboFac can use standard G-codes generated just about anywhere or I can do the G-code by hand.

[SimonArthur]

I've started a new mailing list for users to talk about the RoboFac CNC controller software and to swap information about building the hexapod/Stewart-Gough platform hardware to go with it:

http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/l...obofac-discuss

[jcoats]

Someone in the Nashville TN area working on one of these currently?

[beliefdrive]

can you help me find hardware use with robofac software?

thanks alot

[SimonArthur]

Hi beliefdrive:

You can find details of the hardware posted earlier in this thread, as well as in the September, October, and November 2005 issues of Servo Magazine.

Let me know if you have any specific questions.