Edgecam Bottleneck - ReGen TOO SLOW

[cadcamjohn]

You can turn auto-regen off by right-clicking the sequence start folder and un-checking auto-regenerate.

You can then regen from any point to the end of the sequence. by right clicking an instruction and selecting regenerate

I hope this helps.

John

[barriecole]

Hi

The news I am getting is that edgecam will not run on vista

Regards
Barrie

[invs879]

"POLE" wrote: in another thread /
juat a littel tip,
if you have a big sequens going on and find out that you need to do some small changes i the middel of the sequens you vil end up with EC regenerating the whole sequens... boring...

one easy way to get around this is to select the cycle(s) you want to edit AND select the next cycle allso (holding down the Ctrl button), then click edit. Make the changes you want in the cycle(s) BUT when you come to the last cycle you click CANCEL... now EC wil stop the regenerating at this cycle...

or you can use Batch mode, but i only like to use this if i`m doing som realy big and heavy stuff...
...
This sounds/looks like/a nice solution to auto-regenerate. I'll play tomorrow.

[Mike Mattera]

That is a VERY COOL tip.

Mike Mattera

[Pole]

Why don`t you try out Batch Mode, this will let you to work on the sequens without any generating of toolpaths.. when you want to generate toolpaths you just turn Batch Mode off... you can go do something else.. eat a donut or somthing..

[Edgecam]

Egdecam and many other systems does not support vista yet!!

If you are having troubles upgrade to 11.5 there is difference on calculating speed also you get shorter nc code on helix.

Regards

Aki Järvenpää

[Mike Mattera]

So Edgecam, Are you with Edgecam (Planit/Pathtrace)?

Mike Mattera

[Edgecam]

Reseller for Pathtrace Finland

Ex Surfcam user /seller

[Mike Mattera]

Welcome to the forum.

Mike Mattera
Reseller - Wisconsin, USA

[Edgecam]

Thanks Mike

It is nice to find some discussion about Edgecam

I think Solid machining is VERY good in egdecam
also millturn and not to forget Codewizard

[lagrandebug]

Hey J

Let me tell you some usefull information. I am the supervisor in a cnc shop in cincinnati and have a current version of edgecam I also have a current version of surfcam. I have taken the same parts in each ran a tool path with the same paramaters ( cusp, surface tollerance all that good stuff) and guess what the results were. SURFCAM took a nut hair under three minutes to write my tool path. EDGECAM took 28 minutes. It was done on the same computer so that variable of different computers goes out the window. THE ONLY THING EDGECAM IS GOOD AT IS DRILLING HOLES. IT HAS NOTHING ON SURFCAM IN ANY OTHER AREA. I use surfcam for all milling operations 2d 3d doesn't matter. The only reason edgecam is still around is because the ability to make macros for drilling. That is the only thing it is good for and i will say nothing can match how it drills.

[helix77]

Boo!!! I Think Surfcam Is Very Easy....in Fact Its Too Easy ..its Like Pong Compared To Edgecam..you Dont Have The Same Control Over The Part And It Takes Forever To Make Changes (too Many Mouse Clicks)....but On The Other Hand The Truemill Deal Is Awesome......super Smooth Code ..basic And To The Point