Ten years back I used to post to a 5ax a/b head Cinci Lancer with the
2100a control. Slick as snot. Touch off the tools, run (ok, you had set an initial Z grid if you modified the subplate).So, you'd think that with the speed of processors even as long as ten years ago, all 5ax ab head mill control companies would have got on board to have the ability to be setup like a 3ax without playing Twister with G43, G93, and the pivots. It's just simple trig on the fly. But no, you still deal with G93, G43, G43.1, G43.4, G143... Sometimes they're available - sometimes not. Forget simple cutter comp. Way to much math... Then there's the redundant code you put out because it can't remember the last line it read to do the math... Then they put in small memory so all that bloater code won't fit.
I guess that's a rant. But after doing a couple different postprocessors this week, I'm tired of reading through redundant bloated code. And, since many shops are now picking up that used machinery with the dumb controls... my work is ahead. Unfortunately, the money is in the finished part, not the post work.
Talk amongst yourselves, I'm feeling verklempt. (ala snl coffee talk)