Gene, I've uploaded version 1.6 of Arc Buddy and used it to create a path from a print. I used the tools > Arc Buddy way so it would insert the correct things for me. If you put a feed word in it prepends it to the G code.
JT On 9/6/2014 5:22 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 05 September 2014 12:25:07 John Thornton did opine > And Gene did reply: >> Gene, >> >> How is Arc Buddy working for you? >> >> Do you see any need for any more enchantments? >> >> JT >> >> On 9/4/2014 1:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Thursday 04 September 2014 11:39:57 John Thornton did opine >>> >>> And Gene did reply: >>>> I added it to the wiki. >>>> >>>> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Simple_LinuxCNC_G-Code_Gene >>>> rat ors >>>> >>>> When you download arcbuddy15.py change the name to arcbuddy.py. >>>> >>>> JT >>>> >>>> On 9/4/2014 10:16 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>>>> On Thursday 04 September 2014 10:57:49 John Thornton did opine >>>>> >>>>> And Gene did reply: >>>>>> Gene, >>>>>> >>>>>> Try Arc Buddy 1.5, I've incorporated the ability to use in Gedit >>>>>> and instructions on how to do so. >>>>>> >>>>>> JT >>> And they work! The only stumbling block was that the 'star' near the >>> help button was actually a missing icon icon. But clicking on it >>> worked as expected. >>> >>> Thank you John. A big improvement in its utility. >>> >>> Cheers, Gene Heskett > I used it again last evening John, this time in copy/paste mode as I only > needed to make one cut, to a frame rail of this psu box I am building, > because I had walked up to the side of it with a stepped bit to make a > hole for a fuse holder, and the edge of the last step that allowed the > fuse holder to pass disclosed that my SWAG choice of a mounting point did > not clear the 3/4" alu corner rail adequately. So I asked it for a .9" > diameter half circle for fuse holder nut clearance. With the mill homed > to x0.0,y0.0 about 1/8" from the edge of the rail, it worked perfectly. > > So about the only thing I haven't checked is giving it the co-ordinates > from the on-screen dro as the starting XY. > > When doing free hand work that needs to match up, I can see where it needs > another check box, if at the end of a longer cut, one wants to make a > turnaround cut, we could use a checkbox that says to offset the start > point of the cut to be where its at now, doing that as opposed to using a > preliminary move from where its at to the arc start point as it does now. > I can visualize it as moving the starting XY we give it, to the midpoint > of a chord line drawn from start to finish & then doing the g2 or g3 math. > That would of course need some trig functions but I don't have enough > python knowledge to even guess how that would be done in python. > > With that checkbox added, I think it would qualify for the swiss army > knife designation in code generators. > > My $0.02. Thank you. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
