On 10/30/2013 06:47 AM, Bertho Stultiens wrote: > Hi all, > > Every time I had to write a CNC-mill program using G-codes I got annoyed > by the archaic format and syntax. Especially when needing to convert > positional data from mil to mm, having recurring patterns and then also > trying to keep track of everything. > > I looked for a meta compiler or generic pre-processor, but could not > find anything that satisfied me. Being able to program should be "easy". > >... SNIP > > If you have any comments you are welcome to provide feedback. > Bertho, Hello, great idea & great work! maybe of use: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AptProgrammingForEMC look at the screenshots of the generic path description. This is high level and abstracted. The output is filtered according to machine style ( horiz, vertical, special kins, special variant of gcode ) The existing work done may be of help to you and to the communuty. I gave working live cd images of Apt360 PostP and the sketch util for Ubuntu 6.06 to KimK at the Witchita Fest. I think Matt S also has them. I dont have a way to post such a large file set. ( probs with one lib forced me to regress to 6.06 ) hth TomP tjtr33
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