[simpits-tech] CNC ? No thanks.

[Gene Buckle]

On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Roy Coates wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Gene Buckle wrote:
>
>> Awesome.  Care to post your course notes? :)
>
> No.
>
Meanie. :)

>> Learning G-Code is a good thing, but from what I've learned, 99% of the
>> people involved in CNC don't hand-code any more.  They use software
>> packages that create the code for them.
>
> We use ProEngineer, Wildfire and ProToolmaker for actual work but, we also
> teach the numpties the fundamentals by having them hand-code some basic
> exercises in Windows Notepad (chuckle).
>
Now that's just evil Roy.  I love it. :)

g.

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