Monthly Archives: November 2013

250 Mini Quadcopter evolution

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Crashed and broken

The current incarnation of my mini quad.
This quad started off as a Turnigy Micro quad V2 from HobbyKing. Being my first quad, I crashed that frame more times then I can count and fixing it became increasingly more difficult. The original frame has many weak spots in the frame design, and breaking it is just a matter of time (if you crash a lot). I never had a chance to properly tune the KK2 controller board, hence the ample crashing in my back yard. 🙂 Continue reading

Catia CNC

Looking to find out how to setup up Catia to output to Mach3 :
http://www.cnc-arena.com/en/forum/post-processor-catia-mach3–66288.html

Options>Machining>Output tab.
Under Post Processor choose ICAM.

When setting up the Machine, in the Numerical Control tab, choose “fanuc_16m_mil3” for Post Processor and choose “ICAM_mm.pptable” for words table.

UPDATE: The above cuts the code to 300 lines as the ICAM processor is only a demo (I think)
I had success with the following:
Options>Machining>Output tab.
Under Post Processor choose IMS

When setting up the Machine, in the Numerical Contril tab, choose “fanuc0.lib” and Post Processor and choose “IMSPPCC_MILL.pptable” for words table. For the NC data type dropdown, choose ISO.
The Controller Emulator should be at the default of “cardemo_fidia.ce”

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Following these videos gave me enough info to sucessfully cut some wood. All programmed in CATIA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-NdhzNNKQM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-r7IVi3AA

And there’s this series (about 10 hours) of training video on how to use CATIA Advanced Machining module. Very informative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tcW5f6JVLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8qE1aI_byE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mrzLyF24cI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvOWrmaqD1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvCjBbslQU8

How to setup and build the CNC machine (with kinematics) for the NC Machine Simulation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHOzCR1Iifw