I realize that, but CAM generated gcode might have hundreds of steps per inch.
Ken On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > On 09/08/2015 07:43 AM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > > Why is there a 100 step limit? If it is because that's way more than > anyone > > would ever need, that's fine. > > > > Memory is cheap. At 1000 bytes per step, storing 10 thousand steps is > only > > 10 meg. That's not much in a machine with a gigabyte or more. > > > > > it is not "steps" as in stepper motor steps. it is move > segments, which is either blocks of G-code for linear moves, > or maybe interpolated segments of arcs for non-linear > moves. That covers a lot more territory! > > Jon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > -- Kenneth Lerman 55 Main Street Newtown, CT 06470 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
