If you want to play with the PathPilot "wizards", go to https://www.tormach.com/pathpilot/ and try the free virtual machine (PathPilot HUB).
> -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Dobbins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 1:44 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Wizards for LinuxCNC > > I understand what you are trying to do, John, and it doesn't work quite like > the Windows world that Mach 3/ Mach 4 live in. > > In the interests of not reinventing the wheel Path Pilot is available from > Tormach for ~ $25, here: > > https://www.tormach.com/store/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=3 > 8249 > > This software runs on Linux. It expects to find itself on a particular > hardware > platform and will not work if it does not. That isn't necessarily a > disaster > because there are ways around it: > > https://forum.linuxcnc.org/pathpilot > > As you will see, this is a work in process and depends on people helping > people to get it working. If you can get it working on your hardware, you > will > only have to do this ONCE. This seems like something the a typical Windows > user might find a *little* more palatable than constantly working off a > command line "1970's approach" :-) I haven't done this yet myself because I > enjoy the things the Linux can do that Windows cannot and I really like what > Linuxcnc can do vs Mach 3. > > I guess before anybody looks at spending $25 and possibly a lot of time and > maybe frustration getting Path Pilot working, you ought to take a look and > see > if it does what you want? Here's a very limited start, a far from > exhaustive > list: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjxNq9Cnpk > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd7IzOGtFKY > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puZednzlsY0 > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3iCs1-hyAc > > I hope that helps? > > Martin > > ________________________________ > From: John Dammeyer <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 11:58 AM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Wizards for LinuxCNC > > HI Andy, > > > From: andy pugh [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 06:03, John Dammeyer <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > So what can I tie into LinuxCNC that does the same thing? > > > > For that sort of job I do typically just type G-code in the MDI > > window. You can queue commands. > > So I will often start the spindle, jog to the start depth, then type > > G1 X10 Y0 > > G1 X10 Y10 > > G1 X-10 Y10 > > G1 X-10 Y-10 > > G1 X10 Y-10 > > I started keying in those numbers into a quicky .ngc G-Code program and then > realized I'd fallen back into the trap of if you want something in Linux > just use > a terminal window and the command line; 1970's approach to using > computers. > > It was at that point that I stopped. Rebooted and ran WIN-XP. Ran MACH3 > and used a wizard. That took less time since I also wanted to bore the > counter sink hole for the hold down bolt and they have a wizard for that > too. > > > > > (to make squares and rectangles you end up just switching the sign of a > > number) > > I see this as the equivalent of using the power feeds on a manual mill. > > > And yes I do that too. But I've also accidentally forgotten the '-' sign > and had > to hit the ESTOP as it heads to a clamp. > > But you are right! > > In my case I had the 0,0 position set where I'd first drilled the 3/8" hole > for the > clamp bolt. Then I wanted the counter sink still done at 0,0 for a depth of > 0.3". After that I had to remove the outside clamps. Set up the middle > clamp > bolt whose head was now recessed. And then set up a new 0,0 position. > > Now I can just do the command line G1 instructions as you suggested. > > > For more complicated jobs, have you looked at NativeCAM? > > https://forum.linuxcnc.org/nativecam/32891-use-nativecam-as-a-deb- > > package-now > > I'll take a look. Thanks. > > > > Videos: https://youtu.be/m7Ob8wyItpg > > > > John > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > ? George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
