And it would be great to output a file you can save and reuse and combine manually later in needed
On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, 14:19 Chris Albertson, <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was just going to write that what is needed is a good "conversational" > interfasce for LCNC. > > You do NOT need to modify LCNC to do this. The new interface could be a > 100% standalone program and run completely in user space > > The simplest one possible might be called "DrillAHole". It would > > 1. open up a dialog box and ask for the depth. > 2. prompt the use to place the drill on the part i the correct location > and then "press go" > 3. write out a simple g-code file to the disk that drill a hole to the > specificed depth > 4. wait for the user to click "go" > 5. start LCNC the the files it just wrote are a command line argument. > > > The only difference between "DrillAHole" and some other program called > maybe "MillAPocket" is the content of the g-code and the prompts to the > user > > Other programs would be more complex. Say for drilling a hole pattern. > It is limited by your imagination. These are simple enough programs that > someone who was only an "intermediate level" Python programmer could do > this. I'd recommend using some VERY simple to learn GUI toolkit so that > more programmers could contribute. Take a look at this, > https://www.pysimplegui.org/en/latest/ > > Of course you would not make one program for every kind of operation. > There would be a higher-level screen where you can select from face > milling, pockets, or holes. But I'd start with a very basic "DrillAHole" > program to work out the overall plan and prove the concept > > The program once written could be adapted to work with other CNC controlls, > not just LCNC. The key to making this something "anyone" could write is to > NOT allow it to interface to any LCNC internals. Keep the coupling to LCNC > as minimal as possible. > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 5:34 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > wrote: > > > I like this user interface since here you can visualize what the end > > product will look like just like the HAAS or MACH3. > > https://forum.linuxcnc.org/41-guis/26550-lathe-macros?start=240#247195 > > How does one go about changing from AXIS to something like the above? Or > > is that only for the lathe. Don't have a touch screen. > > John > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: October-27-22 4:09 PM > > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT How to make fine splines > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 22:57, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > >His initial number of X moves on the example was over inflated for the > > number of passes he really made > > > when cutting. > > > > > > With LinuxCNC: > > > > > > #1 = 10 > > > O100 WHILE [#1 LT 20] > > > G0 X#1 > > > F1 F100 Z0 > > > G0 X[#1 - 1] > > > #1 = [#1 + 0.025] > > > O100 ENDWHILE > > > M2 > > > > > > > The video really shows though, what is missing in LinuxCNC is what > > MACH called Wizards. Enter the > > > parameters on a screen and have it generate the G Code all within the > > user interface. > > > > > > There is ngcgui, Nativecam, my lathe macros, and a (dormant) Wizards > > framework: > > > And probably others that I have forgotten. > > > > > > https://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/ngcgui.html > > > https://github.com/FernV/NativeCAM (Link to video tutorials at that > > link) > > > https://forum.linuxcnc.org/41-guis/26550-lathe-macros?start=240#247195 > > > https://github.com/LinuxCNC/wizards > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > 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 > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > 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
