information on Quickturn and early novaturn please
Posted: Fri 17 Dec , 2010 16:41 pm
Hi,
I wrote a while back with a view to possibly purchasing quickturn 2D for use with my non-upgraded novaturn, to generate g-code to put into flstep that is actually controlling the machine.
I haven't really used it since buying it about 1.5 years ago, in fact only making one part with it, but at the time I was thinking of buying it (i.e. quickturn), someone from the forum, I think it was admin, said that is might not generate code correctly all of the time and that I might have to alter it sometimes.
Could anyone give me more specific info on this, i.e. what it would not work with, or is it a case of having to learn g-code to alter it anyway? Would I be fine for making simple items i.e. dimensioning, boring, grooving and threading .etc
Would I need a full upgrade of the boards for it to be even worth while thinking about buying quickturn ?
If this needs this to be done, it might be out of my reach financially, so what could anyone suggest to make g-code on my un-modified machine. I would simply like a draw-it type software i.e. what-you-see-is-what-you-get, that makes g-code compatible with the novaturn.
Is there any special type of g-code that the novaturn needs to be written, and is this why the newer quickturn might not work with it ?
I know I have asked some of these questions before, but thought there might be perhaps more ways round this i.e. newer software that might now work with it, or any other suggestions that you might not have thought of then.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Thanks.
P.S. the control board is:-
Smartstep-3 and the chips on the circuit boards say :-
TDR154372 , 670407 and ESMINT 3.28 , V1.6H/S-JD5
I wrote a while back with a view to possibly purchasing quickturn 2D for use with my non-upgraded novaturn, to generate g-code to put into flstep that is actually controlling the machine.
I haven't really used it since buying it about 1.5 years ago, in fact only making one part with it, but at the time I was thinking of buying it (i.e. quickturn), someone from the forum, I think it was admin, said that is might not generate code correctly all of the time and that I might have to alter it sometimes.
Could anyone give me more specific info on this, i.e. what it would not work with, or is it a case of having to learn g-code to alter it anyway? Would I be fine for making simple items i.e. dimensioning, boring, grooving and threading .etc
Would I need a full upgrade of the boards for it to be even worth while thinking about buying quickturn ?
If this needs this to be done, it might be out of my reach financially, so what could anyone suggest to make g-code on my un-modified machine. I would simply like a draw-it type software i.e. what-you-see-is-what-you-get, that makes g-code compatible with the novaturn.
Is there any special type of g-code that the novaturn needs to be written, and is this why the newer quickturn might not work with it ?
I know I have asked some of these questions before, but thought there might be perhaps more ways round this i.e. newer software that might now work with it, or any other suggestions that you might not have thought of then.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Thanks.
P.S. the control board is:-
Smartstep-3 and the chips on the circuit boards say :-
TDR154372 , 670407 and ESMINT 3.28 , V1.6H/S-JD5