NCP on eckert jantar 2
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NCP on eckert jantar 2
Hey,
My company just purchased a Eckert Jantar 2 plasma cutting table and im looking for a good cad/cam software.
I tried out this one but couldnt save it in the right format (.ncp)
I really liked how easy and well arranged Qcad is and i would really like it to work.
If it doesnt work on our cutting table, do you have any other suggestions to what software we can use?
Thanks in advance
Kitnitti
My company just purchased a Eckert Jantar 2 plasma cutting table and im looking for a good cad/cam software.
I tried out this one but couldnt save it in the right format (.ncp)
I really liked how easy and well arranged Qcad is and i would really like it to work.
If it doesnt work on our cutting table, do you have any other suggestions to what software we can use?
Thanks in advance
Kitnitti
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
Thanks for your interest in QCAD/CAM.
QCAD/CAM can be configured to output virtually any output format through a postprocessor. If you know what kind of format your machine expects (example file, manual, etc), I can tell you more.
Please note that .ncp does not sufficiently define the format as this could be any dialect of G-Code or even something else entirely.
QCAD/CAM can be configured to output virtually any output format through a postprocessor. If you know what kind of format your machine expects (example file, manual, etc), I can tell you more.
Please note that .ncp does not sufficiently define the format as this could be any dialect of G-Code or even something else entirely.
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
Hei,
Do you know how i can find out which filetype it uses? Ive only seen .ncp format on the machine, and every instruction i can find is in polish.
And about postprocessor, which program can i use for that?
I am still abit new to this, and everything is
self-learned so far.
Thanks in advance
Kitnitti
Do you know how i can find out which filetype it uses? Ive only seen .ncp format on the machine, and every instruction i can find is in polish.
And about postprocessor, which program can i use for that?
I am still abit new to this, and everything is
self-learned so far.
Thanks in advance
Kitnitti
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
Do you have any example files, anything that is known to work with your machine at all?
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
Im gonna check abit closer now, but i have only seen .ncp.
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
All i can find is .ncp, on every example file and test file. On the machine itself
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
Do i need a file to set the right file i need for qcad?
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
You essentially need to know how such a file is structured. There are various formats in use for CNC processing. The most common one is G-Code which also exists in many variations. G-Code looks for example like this:
You could try to load and run a simple G-Code file (with save movements only!) and test it against your machine. This is a simple G-Code program that moves to X50:
Copy/paste this into a file, name it test.ncp and try to run it with the appropriate caution.
Code: Select all
N10 G00 X5.0 Y4.0
N20 G00 Z2.0
N30 G01 Z-1.5
N40 X55 Y40
...
Code: Select all
N10 G01 X50
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
I found one place on an old machine a file
called .esi. I tried to open it on the machine and it works.
Im gonna try this thing you told me now too
called .esi. I tried to open it on the machine and it works.
Im gonna try this thing you told me now too
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
Can you just quick walk me through the
postprocessing on qcad?
postprocessing on qcad?
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
Postprocessors are stored in directory "postprocessors" of your QCAD/CAM installation. These are JavaScript files which can be adjusted to do anything that can be done using a programming language. So it really depends a lot on the desired output format, what needs to be adjusted and how.
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
ah okey
does this have any support for any hypertherm or plasma related things, like truehole and bevel cutting?
does this have any support for any hypertherm or plasma related things, like truehole and bevel cutting?
Re: NCP on eckert jantar 2
No.Kitnitti wrote:does this have any support for any hypertherm or plasma related things, like truehole and bevel cutting?