I suspect that that is on their long-term roadmap. But, right now, they are trying to re-invent the wheel. After 6 years of development, they are now only about 30 years behind the industry standards.
Rep-rap has been developed from the Maker movement. The one major knock I have against that is that that movement pretty much ignored industry and existing design experience and tries to redo things from scratch. Linuxcnc has a different core underlying principle. But, that said, Rep-rap pays a lot of attention to how non-machinists would use the machine - because, for the most part, they aren't machinists. Loading an SD card works because it is pretty bullet-proof and easy to manage as is just pressing a button. Ease of use. Charles On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Dave <e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > First off.. I don't have a 3d printer. But it seems to me that some > interactivity with the "printer" might be a very good idea. > > How would you feel if you had to run your mill/router/lathe by inserting > an SD card and hitting the run button! 8-O > > Even my el-cheaper printers interact with my PC when printing ... low > ink, toner, duplex printing, paper out. > > I think they are missing the boat. > > Simplification is good, but over simplification is very bad. > > Dave > > > On 6/27/2013 2:37 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:06:39 -0400, you wrote: > > > > > >> When the 3D folks discover that they need offsets or homing, or any of > >> the other features of linuxcnc, we'll be there to help. > >> > > Already done Matt > > > > see > > > > http://reprap.org/wiki/G-code > > > > for supported Reprap Gcode list. > > > > G10 can be used for offsets. > > > > Homing G28 > > > > Probing is done and working, G29 to G32 > > > > Some of the stand alone controllers go even further with extended > > command lists. > > > > No pc connection required at all with suitable controllers - just insert > > an SD card with code and off it goes so I don't see what advantage > > having the printer connected to LinuxCNC could be. > > > > Steve Blackmore > > -- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
