if the quantity of N symbol digits is a problem configure your CAM output to put line numbers every 10 line or only at tool changes or not at all
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:36 PM, K.J. Kirwan <kjk_e...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Oops, what about those long N numbers? > The manual > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gcode_overview.html#r1_2 > says that N numbers only up to 5 digits are OK. > Has this changed, or will trouble occur at N100000 ? > What kind of trouble? > > Also this might be a good time for me to mention that > Dynapath controls only allow up to N9999, but they > allow three decimals, so N9999.999 is their highest value. > (At least it was, I haven't seen their latest models) > > Just an interesting idea about what is (or should be) tolerable, > since some people use EMC2/Axis to preview code for other systems. > > EMC2 doesn't really use the line numbers anyway, so it might be > helpful to make EMC2 as accepting of a wide variety of N numbering > schemes as possible. > > And here's something that needs to be fixed in that same manual line: > "Line numbers may be repeated or used out of order...", vs. this: > "A line number... must be in the proper place if used." > Does the second quote mean 'at the beginning of the line'? If so, OK, > but still could be clearer. > > Thanks, > > Kim > > > Jeff Epler wrote: > > There is no strict limit on program length. > > > > However, in practice you might find that the AXIS preview is intolerably > > slow or takes too long to load. In that case, just insert a line that > > reads exactly > > (AXIS,stop) > > somewhere in the gcode; the preview will end at that point. > > > > Jeff > > > > a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: > > Hello > > I just finish posting my program where I have Rough and Finish cut. > > Totally I have > > N134888 X5.92167 Y37.62106 Z-0.1605 > > N134889 G0 Z0.25001 > > N134890 M30 > > % > > > > it is a lot. > > Can EMC2 hold such amount of lines of code? > > I think I need manually break G code line with M0; Z 3.0, M0 and make > > 10-20 smaller programs. > > How big program can be per each part? > > > > Thanks > > Aram > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > -- you can lead a person to knowledge but you cannot make him think ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
