Chris Radek wrote: > I think I would use it too. I would spend a little less time with > the calculator when working on round things. > Drilling bolt circles would become TRIVIAL with this, touch off (0,0) at the center, set the radius and go in 60 degree increments for a 6-hole pattern, without consulting a calculator, or worrying about entering a wrong digit somewhere - been there, done that.
Not an indispensable thing, but definitely a useful feature. Maybe the GUI should prominently show the different mode so you don't goof when in this mode. If the regular X-Y axes show, then maybe R-Theta coordinate displays should show up below them, or maybe the X-Y should be greyed out, indicating what the values are, but also marking that you can't enter XY right now. I'm guessing there would be a G-code to select between Cartesian and polar, and that they would be an either-or choice? Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
