On 10/30/2013 05:11 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I downloaded, extracted, configured and maked it. Now what, I cant get >> any further than that. I like the idea and want to test it but you are >> going to have to give some small bit of guidance as to how we get to use >> it please. > Needs an installer script written, so I ran it in place from the cli.
Well, it uses standard automake/autoconf tools and thus has "make install" ;-) No, you are right, it has a lot of rough edges. I wrote the announcement mail to the list to get early feedback. You know, publish early, publish often. It should improve over time. > I ran it on the two test files, with cutter.gcmc being able to be executed > on my mill, but arccw.test.gcmc failed. Good sized radius error at end of > the arc according to linuxcnc. I added the arc-code this morning. However, the testfile just lacks a feedrate() line above the arc_cw() call according to my dry-test-run (also on 2.5.3). A file containing the following should work fine: feedrate(100); arc_cw([10, 10, 10], 10, 3); > I think we need some docs too. Agree... As stated, I just started writing this code and it just grew as I was going along. The text-file doc about the grammar/functions was just a feable start to get something written down. > But the .ngc file it generated for cutter.gcmc as a demo was > impressive, actually generating more ncg code than I expected. No > clue what it is, but it ran to completion in LCNC-2.5.3 as of > yesterdays pull. It is a plate to be pressed onto a PCB (aligned with the components on it). Most of it is touch-off for drill-holes. However, it is why I wanted the mil/mm conversions in the first place. It generates quite a bit of G-code because it traces paths that I set up. I do not think that it is too much though ;-) > So I think we have the makings of another very useful tool once we have > some instructive docs. I certainly hope so. -- Greetings Bertho (disclaimers are disclaimed) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
