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    Lathe software?

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    Originally Posted by rick-b
    I tried it several years ago. I couldn't get it to consistently give good code. Even when it did work it always required a fair amount of editing. In the end it was faster to write the code by hand.
    I use OneCNC now, which isn't perfect, but it is much more useful than Kipware.
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    Originally Posted by red beard
    I tried it several years ago. I couldn't get it to consistently give good code. Even when it did work it always required a fair amount of editing. In the end it was faster to write the code by hand.
    I use OneCNC now, which isn't perfect, but it is much more useful than Kipware.
    Thanks. I wasn't happy spending the money if it doesn't work, when I spoke to them about it all I really got was 'I may have to buy other software from them to get it to work'. I will have a look at OneCNC.
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    I have onecnc XR7 for milling and love it , got a free 30 day trial on there lathe software and went back to hand writing code .. once you do a few programs by hand code it gets super simple and fast .. I made up some cheater cards for the most used stuff and can do most programs by hand in under 10 min .. best part is when you write it your self you can go back and edit it super fast and easy .
    I would say try the hand code for the first 10 jobs and see how you like it .
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    I love OneCnc on the milling side, though the lathe package left a lot to be desired. With my time / energy / experience with the lathe package, I would not by XR Lathe again...
    Hand coding a lathe is so easy, once you understand a few basic G-codes.
    I only purchased the lathe cam package, to help my mill guys be able to program lathes.
    Oh well..
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    What is it about the lathe software you didn't like? Calling tools, setting up tools, the posted code, workflow?
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    Originally Posted by D.D.Machine
    ..went back to hand writing code .. once you do a few programs by hand code it gets super simple and fast .. I made up some cheater cards for the most used stuff and can do most programs by hand in under 10 min.
    Originally Posted by doug925
    Hand coding a lathe is so easy, once you understand a few basic G-codes.
    People make this argument every time someone asks this question.
    The point people overlook is that yes, programming a lathe is simple, if you're making basic turned parts.
    There are any number of legitimate reasons to need full blown cam for making turned parts. Complex geometries with contiguous tangent arcs, intricate internal profiles with non-existent tool clearances, non-orthogonal features, profiles generated with double sided or fully profiled inserts, contoured undercuts, the list goes on.
    Making toolpaths for lathes by hand is simple, but as soon as the toolpath is no longer the only thing you have to worry about, hand coding lathes gets complicated fast.
    I started out programming lathes by hand and was proficient at it, so I can say with some certainty that at least half of the turned parts we do now would be extremely uncomfortable to do by hand.
    With all that said, there is a good argument for hand coding lathes if your parts allow it, and a good argument for full cam programming if your parts demand it. I don't see any good argument for software like Kipware, it's expensive for what it actually is - essentially just a macro code generator - and it provides none of the benefits of full cam. Just buy a conversational machine like a Mazak or Hurco, but since Fanuc started bolting manual guide i onto their controls just about every lathe on the market has some form of conversational code generation.
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    I was looking at the software for ease of use mainly. But gregormarwick is right, Kipware does start to get expensive with all the add on's they keep telling me I 'may need' the other thing that is hard to handle is you have no way of testing the software first to see if it is even going to work for my needs. They just keep saying buy it it will be OK. I am a one-man deal and sometimes I just do not have time to hand code everything.
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    Its not clear from your post if you have spent some time learning how to hand code a lathe program? I spent 30 years hand coding 3 and 4 axis mill parts and well I do most parts with Onecnc the last few years I still do finger cam a couple times a week on the mills , Lathe code is super easy after doing mill code for years and yes I was like you and looked for a simple , good and easy to use lathe cam package , but even in the $3,500 price range I found nothing that worked vary good or vary easy . I went back to finger cam on the lathe code and well its not my choice to do it by hand it works and is cheap. There is some Haas manuals on Lathe programming put out like 10 years ago that are GREAT.. there new manuals are not as good , I got copys of the older one off ebay for like 30 bucks and use it a lot .
    Most programming manuals seem to be for milling and then they kinda add a few pages to them and call it a lathe manual also , the 'OLD' Haas lathe manual is lathe only.
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    Originally Posted by D.D.Machine
    Rick
    Its not clear from your post if you have spent some time learning how to hand code a lathe program? I spent 30 years hand coding 3 and 4 axis mill parts and well I do most parts with Onecnc the last few years I still do finger cam a couple times a week on the mills , Lathe code is super easy after doing mill code for years and yes I was like you and looked for a simple , good and easy to use lathe cam package , but even in the $3,500 price range I found nothing that worked vary good or vary easy . I went back to finger cam on the lathe code and well its not my choice to do it by hand it works and is cheap. There is some Haas manuals on Lathe programming put out like 10 years ago that are GREAT.. there new manuals are not as good , I got copys of the older one off ebay for like 30 bucks and use it a lot .
    Most programming manuals seem to be for milling and then they kinda add a few pages to them and call it a lathe manual also , the 'OLD' Haas lathe manual is lathe only.
    My hand G-coding is only very basic, that has a lot to do with just having the time at the moment. In the shop here I have a CNC mill and a lathe but off-site, I have 2 CNC plasmas a CNC bender and a CNC bandsaw and all seem to use different forms of G-code, sometimes there is just not enough time in the day to get good at any one of them.
    I was hoping for an easy way out, but it's looking more and more like the Kipware-T is not the way to go so far I have not found one person who has had it or has bought it and been happy with it.
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    Originally Posted by doug925
    I love OneCnc on the milling side, though the lathe package left a lot to be desired. With my time / energy / experience with the lathe package, I would not by XR Lathe again...
    Hand coding a lathe is so easy, once you understand a few basic G-codes.
    I only purchased the lathe cam package, to help my mill guys be able to program lathes.
    Oh well..
    I will agree with you that OneCNC mill is much better than OneCNC lathe. It seems like they put a lot more resources into making and improving the mill software than the lathe. (I imagine there are a lot more mill users than lathe users.)
    I'm decent at hand coding lathes, but once I got used to OneCNC lathe, learned all of the tricks and workarounds for things that it doesn't do right, and got my posts refined, I got pretty quick at writing programs with it. On simple programs I probably save a few minutes per program and it's much faster for more complex contours than hand coding. The other nice thing about it is I have two turning centers that both use slightly different code. If I make a program for one machine, and I need to run that job in the other machine the next time, I just have to switch to the other post-processor and repost the program.
    If I wasn't already familiar with OneCNC Mill the learning curve would have been pretty high, but to be honest, I couldn't really find any thing else out there in the price range. It seemed to be my best option in a group of mediocre (at best) options. I realize that this isn't a glowing review, and it isn't meant to be. It has potential if OneCNC invests in it like they have with the mill software, but I'm not sure that they will ever do that. It works for me as it is, but it certainly could be better.
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