On 07.02.12 07:11, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > APT does this and has since the 1960s.
Thanks for the "heads up". That textual CAM package is very interesting, even though it neither documents our LinuxCNC dialect nor provides a more human readable variant of same. We could change our goal to gcode generation, but that would mean abandoning current goals. We read here: http://aptos.sourceforge.net/WhatisApt.html that "Apt is a CAM system based on a special-purpose language.", and that "Most Apt compilers , however, are proprietary." So if we wanted to change our goal from a more readable gcode dialect to a full-blown CAM system, then we'd have to use an open source product, such as Apt360. Here: http://aptos.sourceforge.net/CurrentStatus.html we see that the author used it on one project six years ago. Here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/aptos/ there are no reviews from the 17 downloads, and no visible signs of any project activity. Since there seems to be no life in the project (either Aptos, which the author has dropped in favour of Apt360, or Apt360 itself), I'm reluctant to get too excited about it now. > With AptOS you can create a script to read in an APT style 'instruction > list' and 'process and post' to have the gcode in LinucCNC. There's probably documentation on its use out there somewhere, at least descriptions of the generic Apt language, so when I have need for CAM, I'll certainly take a look at it. Erik -- The ultimate barrier is one's viewpoint. - Terry Pratchett, "The Dark Side of the Sun" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
