We have a 5-axis Shopbot at Assentworks, bought it with the RhinoCAM software shopbot bundles with it. Are there any other 5-axis users out there?
I have tried to search the forum for threads about this, but can't find anything.
We have had the machine for several months now, and the machine itself is up and running (ie I can run it through its motions using the Shopbot control software). I also managed to set up Rhino and RhinoCAM, and to post some code. I am stuck, though at getting Rhino to spit out code to move the a/b axes.
The version of RhinoCAM that is shipped by ShopBot with the 5-axis do 5-axis paths by first setting a reference xyz system (usually other than the regular xyz) and then doing a 3-axis tool path against that. When I post this and run it in ShopBot3, the x/y/z axis appear to be travelling the way they should, but the a/b axis "wrist" doesn't rotate. I suspect I am missing something quite small, but it has me stumped.
Have any of you worked with this?