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General Mach Discussion / Using Drawings and Cam programs on a computer running Mach 3

« on: March 10, 2015, 01:03:48 AM »

I am building a new CNC router, transitioning from linuxcnc to Mach 3.  I will be driving the router  via an ethernet smoothstepper. With my current small router I do all of the cad/cam in the office and then send it via a shared folder to the PC controlling the machine.  Would there be any issue using a single computer to do both, or is this generally seen as a poor practice?   There are times when I would I am iterating the design for a few a simple component rapidly, It involves making changes quickly and doing test cuts,  Say making a new cut every 10 minutes, switching computers has been a real hassle.

Thanks!