Dennis,
I only use AutoCad or Microsatation and basicaly ignore any other CAD program so won't judge Dolphins's cad. I will say that it imports
a dxf fine if it is drawn correctly, which is different than LC and LT relative to quadrant and what is shown.
Learning curve is rather easy or was for me. Like any software you need to read info on it, watch the video, and play some.
Dolphin provides options, like picking a starting and end point , multiple path generation based on using different cutting tools. arranging the order of the operations, and thus you have more control over how you want to machine the part. So you create a job and import the dxf based on some parameters, setup the machine, create and select a tool, select type of operation ...where the operation would be very similar to what you would
do on a manual lathe, emulate the a single or all the machining operations,and if acceptable post the code.
One needs to spend some time on how to pick a start and end point and understand the affect of selecting an options.
The more control over what you want to do requires more definition to Dolphin. ie; You can define the rapid moves to and from a point.
There is a geometry flyout whch provides info about the profile like start end point center etc, for each part of the profile.
It took me a while to figure out how to do some internal machining thus understanding of the last paragraph becomes important.
I will remark that there are two post processors for Mach, one for radius and one for diameter, and and Mach should be configured for
the Dolphin post processor.
Would suggest you download the trial, watch the video and do some homework before tryning to use it for more complex work.
RICH
BTW...... One of these days the Gremilins will quit taking my play money and will purchase it .....darn they know all the hiding places
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