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FRC CAM Studio Feedback Thread
J_White342
Member Posts: 4 EDU
Hey everyone, Im watching the stream right now and they said the best place to post feedback and ask for specific machines and such was this forum, so I figured I would start a thread here.
I personally would love the carbide motion post processor from carbide 3d, and all their shaepoko machines in CAM studio
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We will be lookiing for a post for the Sienci Labs Altmill being driven by the SLB-EXT board. This board supports grblHAL, but the generic grbl 3-axis will suffice for now. If we can get a grblHAL post, that would be even better.
Looking forward to using the CAM in build season. Our team uses a Masso controller for our onefinity. It'd be awesome to get a post processor to support it.
So, we have our CAM Studio voucher codes now. Does anyone know how to apply it to our Onshape setup?
100%, the grbl posts but it is finicky I think and has some issues with being consistent. We will run the same part using fusion 360 cam and it cuts fine under the carbide post. Would love to have one product!
Out team is also looking forward to using the CAM Studio. We were donated a Techno CNC HD-II Tabletop Router with a NK105G2 Controller and the out-of-the-box post processors never worked for us so we ended up heavily modifying the .CPS file and adding that to our machine library in Fusion. Would we be able to upload our own post processors to the Onshape CAM Studio? Or would the Techno CNC be supported by Onshape?
it'd be lovely to get a Tormach 24R post processor!
So far, CAM Studio has been promising for single-part workflows. However, when I import more than one part at a time, each part is placed relative to its own origin and cannot be moved. Currently, we use HSMWorks, and for multi-part operations we create an assembly and then generate the CAM from there. In the assembly, we can sketch the work area and position parts exactly where we want them.
I’m wondering if there is an easy way to do multi-part operations in CAM Studio without having all the parts in the same Part Studio, since our team often has subsystems in separate documents. Another issue is when we want to machine multiple copies of the same part—such as gussets—each imported instance ends up in the exact same location because they all reference their original origin.
Assemblies also help because not every part is modeled from the same reference plane, but for manufacturing the orientation must be correct. In assemblies, we can reorient the parts so they match the correct manufacturing planes before creating the CAM. I’m trying to figure out if CAM Studio has a similar workflow or workaround for this.