On Saturday 24 February 2007, Craig wrote: >Exactly what do you want to do or make? 2 dimensional cut outs or >cutting surface patterns(often called 2 1/2D)? complex 3D object? > >Translators are available from HPGL (HP's plotter language also used to >make printer graphics) for 2 1/2 D work. >HPGL is an output option for many graphics programs. > >Does someone have a list of translators? > > >What would you consider "more readable instructions" ? >Unless you are doing something fancy, g-code is a fairly simple >instructions set. With a some initial code to make sure your machine >is in a known state, code for moving in straight lines and circular arcs >is rather simple. Not a bad learning curve compared to a lot of other >programming languages. > >Can someone recommend a good tutorial for a novice? > >mck > >David Szakovits wrote: >> can anyone recommend an open source program that converts a set of >> more readable instructions to G-code? >> >> djs
Try the latest version of the RS-274-D manual, which may be on the linuxcnc.org site. In any event goggle will get you hundreds of hits. It is a complete as of such and such a date, language description and you can write working code directly from its examples. It is being extended, with new commands, but I don't know if the document itself is keeping up with the coders working on EMV-2.1+, they're flying pretty fast with it. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>--- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >> share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and >> earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEV >>DEV _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn > cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVD >EV _______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
