Quantum... it's great.. Even though it is only in Beta stage.....
We downloaded Q about 1 week ago, played around with it offline. Loaded it on to our production router, did a lot of Air cuts to try setting etc....
Today we tested on an actual production run..... cutting plywood. Normally we cut at around 10,000mm/min and this time we increased feed rate to 12,000 mm/min...... 25% increase in cut rate...
Findings:
For:
Much smoother transitions between directions.
Sharper corners ( no rounding of square corners)
Less tool marks.
Curves and circles - much cleaner cuts.
Against:
Slows down too much on complex curves and 3D bridges.
Overall a much needed improvement over Mach3. Can see this fast becoming a more commercially acceptable controller software.
My hat off to the Q development team.
We will eagerly await future development to a full release.
We are sold on Q....
Anyone who has a large machine... you definitely need to try it....
cheers
Frans
www.capeboatworks.com.au
