[Emc-users] O subroutines limited to 4 parameters, not 30?

2018-12-15 Thread Ted Hyde
Greets - I'm calling an o sub from python and need to pass 8 parameters to it. Per the docs, I'm expecting to be able to pass up to 30 parameters, not just 4 Whether I make the call in python, or just in Axis' MDI window, I get the same response at the 5th parameter "Interp_error Bad

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 15 December 2018 13:13:30 nkp wrote: > retrofitting big_machine (17t) (EMC2_control) > 17tons? Thats definitely out of my pay grade. I think I'm the lists resident old fart at 84. But it seems to me that a steering switch to redirect the axis's to the backplot, in the .ini might be

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread nkp
Thanks Andy for the push in the right direction!) I almost got what I wanted. OpenGLTk.py: rotation_vectors = [(1.,0.,0.), (0., 1., 0.)] rotates around Y axis (but rotates around Z axis( require - around Y) ___ Emc-users mailing list

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread nkp
https://www.mail-archive.com/emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net/msg17937.html ps Vismach in some tasks was limited: ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread nkp
Thanks! But now required Axis. ps Vismach in some tasks was limited: https://www.mail-archive.com/emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net/msg17936.html but VisMach is pretty easy to visualize the placement ___ Emc-users mailing list

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 12/15/18 5:48 AM, nkp216 wrote: Has anyone ever had experience setting up (source code editing) Axis (gremlin) for horizontal boring machines? https://imgur.com/gallery/m8UhfDJ Now 3d view is not very convenient. ___ Emc-users mailing list

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread nkp
retrofitting big_machine (17t) (EMC2_control) What are you trying to do? ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 15 December 2018 08:48:35 nkp216 wrote: > Has anyone ever had experience setting up (source code editing) Axis > (gremlin) for horizontal boring machines? > > https://imgur.com/gallery/m8UhfDJ imgur has now hiden the images if you've not registered and logged in. > > Now 3d view is

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread nkp
if in glnav.py (function set_view_p) edit : self.lat = 0 self.lon = 0 p_view - normal (but rotates around Z axis( require - around Y) You can change the views here: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master/lib/python/glnav.py#L395

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 14:54, nkp wrote: > Now it looks like this: > https://imgur.com/gallery/cW2PQbO You can change the views here: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master/lib/python/glnav.py#L395 I suspect that by editing the .lat and ,lon in set_view_p() you can get what you want.

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread nkp
Now it looks like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/cW2PQbO Isn't that view identical to the top-down view of a conventional mill? ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 14:26, nkp wrote: > > If the axes are positioned in this way: > > https://imgur.com/gallery/gqfFde0 > > the perception of the trajectory will be better.(IMHO) So it's the rotary table you want to visualise, rather than the radial mounted on the Z (probably a W?) Isn't

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread nkp
If the axes are positioned in this way: https://imgur.com/gallery/gqfFde0 the perception of the trajectory will be better.(IMHO) What would change? Are you wanting to add the radial axis? ___ Emc-users mailing list

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 13:50, nkp216 wrote: > Has anyone ever had experience setting up (source code editing) Axis > (gremlin) for horizontal boring machines? What would change? Are you wanting to add the radial axis? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is

[Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-15 Thread nkp216
Has anyone ever had experience setting up (source code editing) Axis (gremlin) for horizontal boring machines? https://imgur.com/gallery/m8UhfDJ Now 3d view is not very convenient. ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net