Hi Florian, On 07/07/2013 01:40 PM, Florian Rist wrote: >> Anders Wallin's cutsim (library w/no app, 5D capabilities unknown). > > I'll download the code and take a look. Thanks. Seams like there is some > kind of application, tough it might just be a kind of demo.
Yes, he has some python scripts that will get the visualization up on the screen, but they're not full-blown applications at all. >> Let me know if you take this route and get serious about it; >> I might like to lend a hand. > > Well, not sure yet. I need a simulation tool for a complex project, but > the milling has to be done within about four weeks and I need to write a > set of scripts to generate the tool paths first so there might be no > time for the simulation and I might end up testing the code using XPS > form on the actual machine. But I don't like his idea as the movements > will be complex, often very close to tool/workpiece or tool/machine > collisions and use the working area of the machine to the very last mm. > > The machine is not LinuxCNC powered this case, it has a Siemens > Sinumeric 840D controller, but I think LinuxCNC is the best G-Code > interpreter so I think it would be a good idea to use it. Aha, that's why the concern about the OpenSCAM interpreter. > vismach, that Dave pointed me to is probably a good point to start. I'm > thinking about using VTK (www.vtk.org) for a voxel based volumetric > simulation of the material removal process and for visualization. Then be sure to look at Anders's work carefully. He uses VTK too, along with octree and marching cubes algorithms, probably a lot already there that you'll need. > I'll see if I can find out how to get the simulated took path from LinuxCNC. And he does that, too, using the LinuxCNC G-Code interpreter. :) http://www.anderswallin.net/2011/10/cutsim-driven-by-g-code/ John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
