Step-four milling software

The V4 STEP - FOUR milling software can be used to control external systems and electronic units with the dongle or interface provided, depending on the range of functions required. Short-link Link Embed. Share from cover. Share from page:. More magazines by this user. Close Flag as Inappropriate. You have already flagged this document. Thank you, for helping us keep this platform clean. The editors will have a look at it as soon as possible.

Delete template? Cancel Delete. Cancel Overwrite Save. Don't wait! Try Yumpu. Plan to spend weeks on it. I mean, that shiny machine is so exciting, you MUST get your hands on it right now! Not without understanding the CNC Software. What a bummer! Get the software first. Learn the software. Have a little fun with it. When you feel you are close to having the software figured out order your CNC machine.

Step one is to find CAD software you can learn to love. The very first thing you need to know is that there is no one single best CAD package for everyone.

Also, different packages have different design capabilities. Integration always sounds good, right? There are two things that I want you to take away about prospects for integration. Most of the all-in-one packages with two exceptions Fusion and Aspire are riddled with compromise when we talk about CAM software that has built-in CAD function. It so happens that Fusion is such a package, which is probably why it is the one exception. Second, Integration is far more important to Professionals than Hobbyists and Beginners.

As a Beginner or Hobbyist, you will need help learning the software. A thriving online community can help with all that. Take your list of potential CAD software, and go looking for great online communities that support that software.

I can tell you right now that all things Autodesk, including Fusion have great online communities. Solidworks has a great online community. Be sure to visit YouTube as well, as having access to learning videos is extremely helpful. Any package with hundreds of thousands to over a million available YouTube videos is going to be easy to find free online training for.

And BTW, those are the top 6 packages by market share from our survey too. They need something affordable, and that means hundreds of dollars, not thousands of dollars.

The good news is that the markets recognize this to a greater or lesser extent. In this day and age, why consider a pure 2D CAD system? You need to invest some serious time to doing that. I recommend you spend 2 weeks on each package. That can help make the comparisons more Apples-to-Apples.

Pick something simple to start with. An even simpler part would be this 4 barrel carburetor spacer plate:. You should also draw something that requires multiple components. More into tooling? There is no one best CAD package for everyone. They are often quite different from one another.

What makes sense to me may be total nonsense and very hard to learn for you. Therefore, plan to try several and spend that couple of weeks with each. Draw the same 3 or 4 parts in each package. Step 3: Hands-on Testing. Draw 3 parts in each CAD package to see which one is best for you…. In all likelihood, one of the packages will stand out from the others. We all have different styles. CAM software is largely about creating toolpaths that guide cutting bits through the material to produce the desired shape.

I can't tell if the laptop, serial cable or the controller is at fault. I'm not getting any error messages. If I start the software without the controller switched on it reports it can't find the controller which would suggest there is some communication going on between the laptop and controller.

What would be ideal is if I could locate someone with a similar setup so I could try my components on their machine and at least identify which part is faulty.

The factory has not responded to any of my emails and I can't find a UK agent anywhere. A friend tested each stepper motor with an ardunio and they all work. Hi, the Stepfour factory has been gone a few years to my knowledge, I own a Stepfour cnc hot wire cutter running on DOS, check the software is not running in simulation mode, an icon in the bottom right hand side of the screen, should flash green when in simulation mode, the cut will show as though its milling or cutting but the the machine will not move, the software version I have is Professional V3, I have heard of another software to run these small machines is Mach 3, thats all i know about it though never used it only seen it on youtube, hope that helps.

Currently the spindle is manually controlled. Regards Barrie. Originally Posted by Pylonracer. Fburmeister What is your post about? I dont understand as it is just my post exactly? Plyonracer, could you please share mach3 parameters? Originally Posted by toninox. Hello Toninox I will get the settings recorded and will post them for you. Originally Posted by rpbenito. Hi Pylonracer! Is there any chance that you could share the settings with me, please? I will really appreciate that!

I've got a old Basic and it's driving me nuts! Replies: 33 Last Post: , PM.