If anybody wants a nasty example http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/DJCPD/PD/2012/2012_08_31_Bechler_N.EA/IMG_1338.JPG
The three upper slides are pretty standard the front and rear are on a rocker so x is used both ways also there are plenty of machines with a rear parting tool (capstans etc) I hope to cnc it one day Dave Caroline On 10/01/2014, Filipe Tomaz <filipeto...@portugalmail.pt> wrote: > I did not rotated anything except using the recommended change > here http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe, that works on > displaying the world (limits, part, ...). So my start was to try to fix > the existing issue, the issue was not created by my config. > > Both on 2.5.3 or 2.6.0~pre, if the .axisrc is used like in the link, for > any tool with diameter !=0, any direction the tool is not displayed. > Also if the tool have any direction and diameter == 0, all the tools > are rendered as equal, with a cone, what is wrong for lathes. > Filipe > > Citando Filipe Tomaz <filipeto...@portugalmail.pt>: >> Thank you (and Kirk) for showing the write direction. >> >> This bug only happens in lathes that the user uses the .axisrc like >> described in: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe >> >> Not sure the number of people using a lathe with backtoopost, so I >> am >> unaware if this issue is relevant. >> >> In this case, for any tool with diameter != 0, the backplot does not >> displays the tool. It simply shows some points on the screen, that flick >> a >> bit. It is like the tool is being drawn, but is not able to. >> I changed a lot of code for nothing, that I found out that the >> problem >> is not on the linuxcnc code (this is, all the points are correct), but >> rather the GL_TRIANGLE_FAN is not displaying correctly the points. I do >> not know way, but I suspect it have something to do with the initial >> point >> of the triangle fan. Unfortunately I do not know so much on opengl. To >> prove my statement, I transformed all the TRIANGLE_FAN into lines >> (using >> the same coordinates), and NOW THE TOOL PREVIEW IS DISPLAYED. >> >> Please take a look into the two images, below, that compares both >> situations. >> >> http://postimg.org/image/qxmnr36ct/d82a4084/ >> http://postimg.org/image/y5fge18m1/df9ac6b8/ >> >> Filipe >> >> Citando Chris Morley <chrisinnana...@hotmail.com>: >> Date: >> Thu, 9 Jan 2014 08:33:36 +0000 >>>> From: filipeto...@portugalmail.pt >>>> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> Subject: [Emc-developers] Error in backplot with backtool set up >>>> in lathes >>>> >>>> Good morning, >>>> Strangely I did not got any reply from the forum in this >>>> question: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/21-axis/27365-where-is-the-tool-preview-being-drawn-source-coud#42451[1] >>>> >>>> maybe this list can point me in the right direction? >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ligações: >>> look in: >>> /lib/python/glnav.py >>> /lib/python/glcanon.py >>> >>> Chris M >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. >>> Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For >>> Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In >>> Between. >>> Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. >>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-developers mailing list >>> Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. >> Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For >> Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. >> Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. 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