On 01/31/2011 05:46 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 31 January 2011 10:31, Mark Wendt<mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil> wrote: > > >>> http://www.mpm1.com:8080/machines/cinci/cinci_running/cincikins.c >>> > >> Thanks! I'll wade through it this afternoon and see if I can >> figger out what you've done there. >> > it might be easier to modify trivkins as your machine is still a > simple cartesian machine. > > Assuming that the bed won't change shape, you could put a fixed lookup > table like my hex-boring code into a trivkins-based special kinematics > which simply adds an offset to Z based on the current value of X. > (trivkins is also a good file to look at to figure out the structure > of a basic kinematics module). > > You can compile and install kins modules with comp, by the way. > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal_comp.html#sec:Compiling-realtime-components
Andy, Let's hope it won't change shape! Oy, now I need to learn comp. That may take longer than the draw filing and scraping... ;-) The offset to the Z relative to the positioning of the X is really what I was looking for. I shall delve into trivkins. If not heard from in the next 24 - 48 hours, send out the search party! Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users