On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 07:39:33 AM Roland Jollivet did opine: > Hi Gene > > Why not up to speed with Eagle, albeit a horrible package. This has all > been done ! > > The free version of eagle should suffice. There is an automatic g-code > generator. Thats the best part. And some guys have written apps to probe > the board prior to milling, to correct for undulations. > > If you look through the archives on the Yahoo forum, you should find all > the info you need. > See > www.pcbgcode.com > > Regards > Roland
Roland, my freebie copy of eagle seems to have expired, its display has turned bleached and transparent & largely unusable. So I downloaded the current version but it will not install, says it needs libpng-14.so and I have libpng-12. This on an absolutely uptodate install of 32 bit PCLos. Then I checked both ubunbtu-10.04 LTS and the just released Centos-6.2, but I have not found anything but libpng-12.so yet. So I wrote cadsoft last friday asking them what distro's are using that bleeding edge of a libpng, but of course they haven't answered. Beneath their dignity I guess. Cadsoft has, AFAIAC, shot themselves in the foot by effectively disabling the ability of their software to run on anything more stable than fedora, which I bailed out of about 3 years ago, tired of being used for a lab rat. I wasn't schmartd enough to see if I could dl an older version, probably should have I suppose. When I cool off that is. > On 11 January 2012 07:53, gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > Hello all; > > > > In carving these pcb's for the encoder, I only have room to clamp one > > edge, the back edge of the pcb. > > > > I carved a dead flat pocket about 30 thou deep and slightly larger > > than the raw pcb material, gouging out the left front corner so the > > board, when pulled left & forward, isn't riding the corner, but is > > located by the left & front edges of this plywood containing the > > milled pocket. But when I add a small board across the rear edge of > > the board and clamp down on it, the front edge of the board rises > > slightly, about 5 thou I'd SWAG. > > > > Is there a way to couple the y axis position to a small z axis shift > > so that the engraving tool will stay within a thou or so of the > > correct depth relative to the warped pcb's surface by driving the z > > deeper as y moves the table forward to work on the rear portion of > > the pcb. Something on the order of 5 thou down at the rear of the > > board, over a y travel of 1 inch, would help, a lot. > > > > I've read the pages about mapping screws, but ANAICT, that can only > > correct the same axis for errors and wear in that axis's drive, but I > > don't see a way to make z move as y moves. > > > > Is it there & I'm too dumb to find it? > > > > Thanks everybody. > > > > 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) > > My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> > > <Kensey> RMS for President??? > > <RelDrgn> ...or ESR, he wants a new job ;) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't > > need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver > > seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one > > solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of > > PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a > complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure > access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily > deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on > VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox > _______________________________________________ > 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) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> It's a brave man who, when things are at their darkest, can kick back and party! -- Dennis Quaid, "Inner Space" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
