On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:29:29 -0800 Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote:
> In looking at the wiki APT page: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AptProgrammingForEMC > > there is a link: > http://www.nfrpartners.com/nfraptlang.htm > > What comes to mind is that APT may not be easier for simple g-code > tasks, but if one had a part where features are connected, such as the > example with connected arcs, if one feature is changed, APT > automatically changes related features(?). Plus it seems to handle 3D > features, which to me doesn't seem reasonable to do with hand > g-coding. > > It looks like APT360 is usable, it might be worth while to formulate > ways to make it more convenient to use, and go from there. APT offers many features that at least some of our people want pretty badly. Loops, copy, translation all come to mind. On the surface (npi) APT looks elegant and straightforward but I have an awful time making it work. Something to do with mindset, I guess. Still I think it has potential. The options for describing the geometry are wide in range and designed to make almost any part programmable. I can get clean geometry but just getting on the drive curve seems to be difficult. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
