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Hi Both,
Polyboard and my CNC suppliers are working together seamlessly!
I mentioned to my machinist that PB can export in Xilog and he sent me this message:
That xilog output is quite interesting, basically does the cnc programs for you, could work great with some tweaking.
Do you know the location of the xilog post processor on your computer, so I can open it and have a look ?
If I can tweak it to make it how we run our machine, I can send you our cnc DEF file, and it should pretty much do the programs for you.
This is all a bit technical for me – can you shed any light on what he needs and where I can find it in the PB architecture?
Kind Regards,
Ed
Hi Both,
Polyboard is working very well thanks. Just submitting my next 2 projects to the CNC now.
I may have a few questions in a bit, but certainly nothing major.
Thanks again for all the pre-purchase help. It’s greatly appreciated!
Ed
October 4, 2012
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Hi Ed,
Sorry to get back so late but I’ve been away the last week.
I hope that Polyboard is working well for you.
To not draw the outline set the ‘Export the whole outline” PP option to “ignore”.
The polyline on the Outline layer is used to calibrate the panel before drilling. It is extended past the origin to give tool path approach and out feed, determined by the “Profiling overlap” parameter.
All the best,
Ness
November 8, 2013
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Hi Ed, thanks very much for your order and for advising on the user code. I’ll process the activation code and email it over to you. Best wishes, Stefan
Hi Both,
we’ve just paid for the PP version of Polyboard via PayPal. Could you let me know if you need anything from me at my end to activate it?
Kind Regards,
Ed
Hi Ness,
The guys in Leeds are getting on well with the dxf’s. Just another question from them:
The dxf’s seem to come with a layer called “Outline” which is surplus to their requirements. This layer seems to add 2 extra lines in one of the corners. Is there a way to export the .dxf from PolyboardPP without this layer included?
Kind Regards,
Ed
Thanks Ness,
That’s much appreciated. We’re still intending to go ahead with the purchase next month.
Ed
October 4, 2012
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Hello Ed,
I’ve been in contact with the developers and for the moment there is no easy solution.
I have asked them to indicate the position of edging on the production plans for the next version.
For the moment one just has to be aware that when the plans show Face 2 the left and right are inverted.
The best would be to stick the labels with the edging indications on the parts as they are cut.
Note that you can optimise with Opticut or Optinest and stick the labels on as the parts come off the machine.
All the best,
Ness
October 4, 2012
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Hello Ed,
Sorry to get back late but I wanted to talk to the development team about your question and as it’s been a bank holiday over here in France I haven’t been able to contact them yet.
In general the right and left sides are named as viewing parts from the front and left side views.
Parts viewed from front and left show their “Face 1”
When the part is drawn as “face 2” this therefore is inverted.
Labels can be set up to show the edging, this follows the same convention.
I attach the pdf of the labels for you to see if this can be of help.
I’ll talk to the developers tomorrow to see if we can develope a more graphical way of showing edged parts on the workshop plans.
All the best,
Ness
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