I think your program is just doing so too much. Axis will load your gcode, then simulate the whole file to get the OpenGL preview. If you have lots of little steps, it is going to take a while.
> -----Original Message----- > From: gene heskett [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 5 March 2012 3:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Emc-users] Bringing linuxcnc to its knees, begging for mercy! > > Amateur that I am, it appears that I have managed to concoct a small, > nominally 50 line program, that brings linuxcnc to a virtual halt, about 7 > minutes just to load and scan it. Keyboard response once it is loaded & ready > to run, can be 10 to 90 seconds, with gkrellm showing cpu0 at 100%. > > But when I turned out the lights & brought my near frozen feet to the house, > it was actually running and shaving metal. Its trying to carve the tapered > portion of the hub, but hasn't made enough progress to judge if the angle is > correct. > > The code, if someone wants to tell me what is wrong, (& there no doubt is > lots wrong) is at: > > <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene/Genes-os9- > stf/taper_hub.ngc> > > This is linuxcnc 2.6.0 from master.rt as of about 4 hours ago. > > I have seen linuxcnc get sloggy with highly recursive code before, but I > usually needed 80 or 100 lines of code to do it. > > It wasn't into swap the last time I looked. > > I also took it several minutes to show the files properties, which included a > run time estimate of 2436 and change minutes. > > 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> > Marry in haste and everyone starts counting the months. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > 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-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! 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-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
