On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:17:48AM +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> Are ISO gcodes similar to, or directly mappable to, our unextended set?
> If so, it shouldn't take too much to convert a pp.iso, using a bit of
> Awk, if their developers are busy.
OK, even though it's approaching 2 a.m., I stopped to look at their ISO NC code.
You're right, it looks totally unfamiliar. At the bottom of the page, though, it
does say
>>>
Der NC-Prozessor ist eine Makroprogramminterpreter;
die Makroprogramme befinden sich im Verzeichnis {base}/wc/*.mac.
Makroprogramme bestehen aus Ascii-Texten zur:
- Implementierung jeder beliebigen Bearbeitungsstrategie
- Kombinierte Zyklen (zB Vorschnitte, Nachschnitte, Trennen)
- Erzeugung von parametrierten Konturteilen (zB. Langloch ..)
- Standard - ISO - Postprozessor
<<<
i.e.
The NC processor is a macro interptreter;
the macro programs are to be found in the directory {base}/wc/*.mac.
Macro programs comprise ascii text for:
- Implementing every desired machining strategy
- Combined cycles (e.g. "pre-cuts"?, "post-cuts"?, separation)
- Generation of parameterised contour elements (e.g. slot ..)
- Standard - ISO - Postprocessor
It should then be eminently feasible to directly spit out gcodes instead
of P-codes, by modification of macros, even if it's necessary to use
three of our gcodes to simulate a weird P-code.
However, is it the best candidate for the required effort?
(I'm disinclined to muck with wine, to run some M$ CAD package, even if
it were free, so if I ever do any CAD, it'll be with something like
this. And I had been wondering how I'd do funny curvy stuff, without
having to generate long coordinate lists by hand.)
Erik
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