[Emc-users] Autonomous machines

This seems to be a good platform designed for embedded systems: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-nano/ Trouble is in the bus not being a popular standard supported by numerous manufacturers with interfaces for additional GPDIOs, drivers for stepper and

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

On 03/24/2019 07:14 PM, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 00:06, Chris Albertson wrote: There is another way to run Fusion without Windows that works even better. Run it on MacOS. I have 27" iMac. That's been my solution. In fact I actually do the majority of my _LinuxCNC_

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

On Sunday 24 March 2019 19:58:31 Martin Dobbins wrote: > > > Well if it's going to put some money in Gene's pocket, I'm all for it > > I would be happy too, except what most folks want me to do when they find out I have the machinery involves a class 3 FFL, $500 a year, so thats a bridge I

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 5:15 PM andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 00:06, Chris Albertson > wrote: > > > There is another way to run Fusion without Windows that works even > better. > > Run it on MacOS. I have 27" iMac. > > That's been my solution. In fact I actually do the majority of

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360 / Conversation code

It's kind of self-fulfilling. You get 2.5 D jobs because you do 2.5 D jobs. If you could make the organic shape parts for a prosthetic hand you would get jobs making the organic shape parts for a prosthetic hand. My use of this is at best a hobby/business I hope to pay for the tools I use.

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

On Sunday 24 March 2019 19:43:09 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 at 23:28, Martin Dobbins wrote: > > Maybe one day Fusion 360 will be browser based and therefore not > > choosy about OS? > > They tried that, it wasn't a raging success. > > And you can guarantee that it would cash Gene's

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 00:06, Chris Albertson wrote: > There is another way to run Fusion without Windows that works even better. > Run it on MacOS. I have 27" iMac. That's been my solution. In fact I actually do the majority of my _LinuxCNC_ development sat at the Mac, using a combination of

[Emc-users] surprising discovery

Greetings all; Haveing installed a piece of pvc glued to the edge of the disk behind the chuck on the A table that came with this 6040 gantry, I thought I'd see if I could actually make it home itself. First thing I found was that to get no limits, you had to read the docs, and nuke the

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

Thanks, that saved me some time.I had wondered if Fusion 360 would run under Wine. Some software does, some do not. You have to just try and see. It's good to know that it does. I'd still worry a little about the graphics driver interface that Wine presents. Fusion like all 3D software

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

Well if it's going to put some money in Gene's pocket, I'm all for it Martin From: andy pugh On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 at 23:28, Martin Dobbins wrote: > > Maybe one day Fusion 360 will be browser based and therefore not choosy about > OS? They tried that, it

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 at 23:28, Martin Dobbins wrote: > > Maybe one day Fusion 360 will be browser based and therefore not choosy about > OS? They tried that, it wasn't a raging success. And you can guarantee that it would cash Gene's Firefox. :-) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

Sure, the way Microsoft has "educated" the world, people are only buying (leasing) their "OS" (or more likely buying a machine with their OS installed) because it runs a particular application they need or want to use. MS DOS was something that they bought from somebody else inexpensively (it

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 19:45, Chris Albertson wrote: > > Actually, Fusion already runs on a Linux machine, Make a VM with Window 10 > in the Linux computer then put Fusion on the VM. You can do it without Windows at all.

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360 / Conversation code

A very interesting discussion. I have delved into Fusion 360 plus a number of other packages but I still revert back to Turbocad as it is quick and does what I want. All the work I get is 2.5D. If I was making assemblies, then 3D would be great but I make parts for companies and I normally just

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

On Sunday 24 March 2019 15:47:23 tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: > Indeed! I've always said one should run Windows as an application in > Unix as god intended ;-) -Tom > > > On Mar 23, 2019, at 11:35 PM, Chris Albertson > > wrote: > > > > Almost all of this Windows BS goes away if you run Windows in a

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

My claim about Windows from the beginning in the 1990's was that no one ever bought Windows because they wanted to run Windows. They bought it because they wanted to run MS Office or some game or some other software that requires Windows. Or, I guess another reason is they bought it because

[Emc-users] drive -s94s080y2n

hi i want to ask about drive s94s080y2n to where i input single phase 240 ( 120 , 120 vac) main voltage 120/240 , and on drive marked output 230Vac. when i use voltmeter -what voltage should i see on output? between u and ground: ? between u and v ; v and w; ? Machine just ON. no motion on any

Re: [Emc-users] ConFusion 360

Indeed! I've always said one should run Windows as an application in Unix as god intended ;-) -Tom > On Mar 23, 2019, at 11:35 PM, Chris Albertson > wrote: > > Almost all of this Windows BS goes away if you run Windows in a VM.The > easy and secure way to run Windows is to first install

Re: [Emc-users] EDA Software (Was: ConFusion 360)

On 03/23/2019 10:52 PM, Alan Condit wrote: Gregg, This isn’t exactly what you were asking for, but it might work. CRAMPS-BOB3-a3 It is for the CRAMPS board. Instead of the step/dir/common pins going to a Polulu board, the are shipped over to the

Re: [Emc-users] Wish me luck. I am downloading v.18 of freecad as src, gonna see if I can build a 32 bit version

On 03/23/2019 08:37 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Cheers, Gene Heskett Well, it may not be the best thing to run the VERY latest version. I found FreeCAD to work pretty well, but the CAM side would hang up and do odd things. I was probably using too fresh of a major update version. Jon

Re: [Emc-users] EDA Software (Was: ConFusion 360)

Still leaves it with the small pin headers using tiny wires that don't fit well with the larger screw terminals on drivers for larger motors. Made for screw terminals on the adapter, pluggable screw terminals could be installed so they're polarized, making a service replacement less "fool

Re: [Emc-users] Wish me luck. I am downloading v.18 of freecad as src, gonna see if I can build a 32 bit version

On 24/03/2019 06:18, Bruce Layne wrote: Sorry if you aren't running Ubuntu and have a harder time getting the latest FreeCAD, but the above*might* work for other Debian based distros. Exactly the same current state of affairs as my reply to Gene's post ;) I've been with SUSE since 6.0 days

Re: [Emc-users] Wish me luck. I am downloading v.18 of freecad as src, gonna see if I can build a 32 bit version

On 24/03/2019 04:16, Gene Heskett wrote: Computing has come a long ways, but despite huge improvements in the hardware, you can measure the progress with a shirt pocket ruler. My main desktop machine has a nice 8core AMD chip and 32Gb of memory and runs like a dog at times! I'm back on Gnome

Re: [Emc-users] Wish me luck. I am downloading v.18 of freecad as src, gonna see if I can build a 32 bit version

you don't need a $500 dollar rig i regularly run freecad on one of these little boards https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q1900M Pro3/index.asp https://www.grooves-inc.com/asrock-q1900m-inkl-intel-celeron-j1900-mainboard-asrock-hardware-electronic-pZZa1-2097728559.html On Sat, 23 Mar 2019, Chris

Re: [Emc-users] EDA Software (Was: ConFusion 360)

On 23.03.19 21:37, andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 21:32, Jon Elson wrote: > > > I inherited the CRAMPS board from Charles Steinkuehler, > > which he designed in Kicad. While Kicad is not quite up to > > the level of Protel99, it definitely is getting close. > > The STMBL project

Re: [Emc-users] Wish me luck. I am downloading v.18 of freecad as src, gonna see if I can build a 32 bit version

I decided to install FreeCAD 0.18 to get the latest and greatest FreeCAM.  Thanks for the encouragement, Lester. I'm running Ubuntu so I didn't need to compile anything.  There's a FreeCAD daily repository for Ubuntu.  Details are here: