Trouble with Post for Prototrak

[lakeside]

if you choose to run dnc just change file extion from .cam to .dnc I had the same issue when I first started with a prototak

[trakman]

ProtoTRAK .cam files are G code files generated on a CAM package. When read into the TRAK control (any ProtoTRAK control with a color monitor), they are converted to ProtoTRAK's own conversational language and the program resides entirely in the system's memory. The program may then be edited, previewed and run. .cam files will run in G61 (exact stop) mode, meaning a definate stop at each not-tangent entity union. Larger G code files (generally programs for 3D contours over 1 MB) may take too long to convert from G code to conversational. Those types of files are better suited to be run as .gcd files.

.gcd files are also G code files generated on a CAM package. These files run in DNC mode, meaning the pass through the system's memory as opposed to residing in memory like a .cam file would. .gcd files run in G64 mode, meaning free cutting mode, and flow through non-tangent entities. .gcd files allow any size program to be run as you would with any sized DNC program.

You do not have to rename .cam file to run them as .gcd files. To run a .cam file as a .gcd file: Select program in/out, open, highlite your file, tab down to open as and select gcd - then select open file. Beats renaming a long list of existing .cam files or .dnc files from previous versions of the ProtoTRAK control.

Hope this is of some use.

TM