dlcw
06-17-2009, 09:56 AM
Hi all,
I have been playing with eCabinets for a couple of months now and recently received my ShopBot Link. I want to test drive the whole thing before I get started on a kitchen for a customer.
I have a PRSAlpha 96x60 (purchased in May 2009) with a 2.2hp spindle. I have an air drill on order and hopefully it will be here in a couple of days. I do all my design work on a high-powered Dell computer in my shop office and then ship files to my ShopBot control computer via wireless network (disabled during cutting jobs).
When using Partworks to design things this was not a problem. But, everything I'm reading is indicating that once I pull the trigger from eCabinets to output to CNC it is all automatic and there is no intermediate step where I can transfer the files (as in Partworks jobs).
Does anyone have suggestions on the best way to proceed considering my computer setup? Also, any words of wisdom on tackling this first "test" cabinet would be most appreciated. I hate to reinvent what many other folks have already experienced and worked through. I know I will have a learning curve with this adventure, but I would love to learn from others' accumulated experience and knowledge as well.
Thank you all very much!
Don Thomson
Diamond Lake Custom Woodworks, LLC
www.diamondlakewoodworks.com (http://www.diamondlakewoodworks.com)
I have been playing with eCabinets for a couple of months now and recently received my ShopBot Link. I want to test drive the whole thing before I get started on a kitchen for a customer.
I have a PRSAlpha 96x60 (purchased in May 2009) with a 2.2hp spindle. I have an air drill on order and hopefully it will be here in a couple of days. I do all my design work on a high-powered Dell computer in my shop office and then ship files to my ShopBot control computer via wireless network (disabled during cutting jobs).
When using Partworks to design things this was not a problem. But, everything I'm reading is indicating that once I pull the trigger from eCabinets to output to CNC it is all automatic and there is no intermediate step where I can transfer the files (as in Partworks jobs).
Does anyone have suggestions on the best way to proceed considering my computer setup? Also, any words of wisdom on tackling this first "test" cabinet would be most appreciated. I hate to reinvent what many other folks have already experienced and worked through. I know I will have a learning curve with this adventure, but I would love to learn from others' accumulated experience and knowledge as well.
Thank you all very much!
Don Thomson
Diamond Lake Custom Woodworks, LLC
www.diamondlakewoodworks.com (http://www.diamondlakewoodworks.com)