Solidworks postprocessor
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:14 am
We design speaker cabinets and use Soildworks 2022 as our CAD platform. We recently purchased a HD510 for prototyping changes and new ideas..
My work flow:
- Design in SW2022,
- output a .dxf or .stl,
- import into Vcarve desktop (for now),
- create tool paths,
- save...
- use the USB port and run individual .tap files...
Works great for most of our 2.5D requirements... but is clunky. We have some new requirements that require 3D cutting... I'm close to success using .stl files and Vcarve... But to save a few steps I was hoping I could somehow "go" from Solidworks CAM to a .tap file for our HD510... I poked around trying to determine if there is a SWCAM Post Processor for our NextWave HD510. Can't find...
Suggestions? I can't be the only person who has attempted this.
My work flow:
- Design in SW2022,
- output a .dxf or .stl,
- import into Vcarve desktop (for now),
- create tool paths,
- save...
- use the USB port and run individual .tap files...
Works great for most of our 2.5D requirements... but is clunky. We have some new requirements that require 3D cutting... I'm close to success using .stl files and Vcarve... But to save a few steps I was hoping I could somehow "go" from Solidworks CAM to a .tap file for our HD510... I poked around trying to determine if there is a SWCAM Post Processor for our NextWave HD510. Can't find...
Suggestions? I can't be the only person who has attempted this.