On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 13:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > A list lurker, speaking up as I run EMC2 on a tabletop mill here. > > This seems like a neat idea Jesse, but can gerbv show 3D? RS-274-D, from > NIST, as interpreted by late versions of EMC2, can describe 9 different > axis's & gerbv would seem to be at most a 2D display, possibly with tightly > spaced overlays that can be laid on or peeled off. > Hi Gene
The Gerber format was a subset of the real RS-274D standard and I've never seen any Z axis data in a gerber file. gerbv can't show 3D images. > I'm currently setup to do 4 axis's, with the 4th being a "rotate the work > surface" using the X axis as the axle to turn on, although I can lay the > rotary table down and use it to present the end of the workpiece to the > cutter tool too. > > I'd be interested in seeing such a 3+D display, although my well aged mind > cannot well grasp how it might be done, let alone suggest how to do it. > That "well aged mind" has contributed much to my meager wisdom as I try to design a circuit assembly robot, see you on the EMC list. Regards __ Ormund _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
