I think you grabbed the old version - at the top of the post he has a link to the end of the post... :)
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/20-g-code/27169-g-code-to-engrave-numbers-on-cylinders?start=10#116888 Maybe <_feed> wasn't used the way it is now in 2018.... It now seems to be a read only variable for current feed setting. On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 11:35 AM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: > Let me ask this question again with a bit more information. > > I downloaded the G-Code for the scale and Linux fails with "cannot assign > read only parameter" on the #<feed>=20 line. It made it through the rest > first few assignments. I looked at the file with and the lines are only > terminated with a 0x0A. No odd characters in the file. What could be > wrong? > > Thanks > John > > ;Attempt to engrave scale rings > ;Engraving is done in the XA plane and in the postive direction from X =0 > > #<_dia> = 50 ; scale diamter > #<_depth> = 0.2 ; engraving depth > #<_height> = 2 ; character height > #<_scale> = 1 ; unit conversion > #<_inc> = 10 ; angle between marks > #<_feed> = 20 > > G21 > > F #<_feed> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
