Hi Ken Is Gwiz OpenSource? If yes, will you make it or is it available for the public?
I would be interested in it. regards Marc On So, 2007-02-25 at 19:03 -0500, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > I've been working on a GUI, called GWiz, to do this type of thing. > > See: http://www.se-ltd.com/~lerman/gallery/G-Wiz for some photos from the > previous version that was written in C++ using Qt. > > The new version uses wxPython. Adding an additional Wizard requires > generating a graphic for it, creating a configuration file that defines the > parameters, and generating a gcode subroutine to implement the function. > Then those files are added to a new directory in the tree of Wizards. > > With the addition of gcode subroutines, branching, and looping, the current > interpreter is capable of doing most of the things I've seen in Jon's files. > > Ken > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mark Kenny Products Company, LLC > 55 Main Street Voice: (203)426-7166 > Newtown, CT 06470 Fax: (203)426-9138 > http://www.MarkKenny.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Javid > Butler > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 3:53 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] macros > > > The topic came up before I had researched or thought out enough to do what I > would call a proposal, but here's a rough idea. > > I've been part of a task group that is using a Device Description Language > to create profiles that will ensure interoperability between complex > intelligent lights from different manufacturers. In that application the > devices would send their profile, in DDL format, to the controller, which > could then automatically assign control channels so that, for example, three > different lights from three different manufacturers would all change to the > same shade of red when the console operator selected red. I've also played > around a small bit with HDLs for programmable logic. > > So when Jon posted the link to his very cool programs the thought popped > into my head that the code he had developed already formed a good base > interpreter for a Part Description Language that could replace the need for > a CAD program, at least for simple parts. The relationship between "PDL" > and G-code would be analogous to the relationship between C and assembly. > > It could look something like this: > > Part: Sample > Blank: > Bar > Xlimits a0.000, a2.000 (a indiacating absolute, r indicating > relative) > Ylimits a0.000, a4.000 > Zlimits a0.000, a-0.125 > FeedTable: > 6061-T6 (external table named for material, or could be fully > described here) > ToolTable: > endmill 0.125 NoCool (or external tool table) > SquarePocket: > Side 1.000 > Center X a1.000, Y a2.000 > Depth 0.050 > Bore: > Radius 0.250 > Center XYCenter > Depth 0.125 > EndPart > > This would do the same thing as putting 2 of the programs Jon has together. > The whole thing of course would include all of the programs he has and then > some. > > The feed table could include a wide variety of feedrates specific to that > material, but with factors for different cutting tools and coolants, so that > if you change the tool to an endmill with flood coolant it would generate > the same toolpath, but with a different feedrate. Spindle speed could be > factored in as well. If you want the same part in a different material you > just change the feed table. > > In the example both the pocket and the bore have the same center, but they > are called out differently. > > A pallet could be multiples of a single part or several different parts, but > could call the parts by name. > > Jon, if you have a library or collection of the routines that you can email > to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or I can just download them, but you said > there were ones that were not up there) I'd be willing to put them together > into a working prototype. > > Thanks, > Javid > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Elson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:57 AM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] macros > > > > Ray Henry wrote: > > > >>Jon's code, and several other routines have been consolidated into what > >>we affectionately called CP1. > >> > > I take it this is no longer a part of EMC2, as I can't find anything > > that looks like it > > on my EMC2 system. That is probably OK, as it was pretty rough, anyway. > > > > I'd be glad to contribute the latest versions of what I have now, in > > vanilla c. Not all > > of them are on my web pages. > > > > Jon > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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