Andy; I could be persuaded to have some sympathy for this viewpoint, actually. > If G-code simply moved axes in absolute machine space and everything else > was done in the pre-processor then thing would be a great deal simpler.
I wonder what will happen when they get *two* extruders going (support + final materials) and find that they have two slightly different heights of extruder nozzles - maybe re-invent tool offsets, but call it something different. (in my CNC mill, I don't worry about tool offsets, but if I had some tooling system that allowed me to accurately set tool lengths, the story would be different) And, I guess, conversational programming (e.g., laying out bolt circles) could just generate the GCode, sans subroutine calls, so I can half- sort of understand the comment, too. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
