Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Fun with Math

2009-05-12 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 23:18 -0300, Christopher Purcell wrote: ... snip > To share your involute gear function with another Mathematica user you > would email them or post on a web site something like the following > line of text. > > d = 1; ParametricPlot[{d (Cos[t] + t Sin[t]), d (-t Cos[t] +

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Fun with Math

2009-05-12 Thread Christopher Purcell
On Mon, 11 May 2009 15:33:30 -0700 Kirk Wallace wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Steve. I was a bit vague in my question > because I > didn't and still don't have a good idea what I want. It looks like Kig > allows you to draw and manipulate common geometry. What I was looking > for, is a means

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Fun with Math

2009-05-11 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 16:31 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > Kirk Wallace wrote: > > >In order to post the involute functions, I had to use Inkscape to create > >an image, then screen capture. Is there a package that makes working > >with and sharing math easier? I'd also like to be able to ge

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Fun with Math

2009-05-11 Thread Dave Caroline
red rag to a bull here is a quick and dirty gcode (generate gear cnc prog) G20 (set inches) G64 G90 (set absolute) S3400 (set spindle speed) G94 (set inches per min) G0 X0 Y.5 Z0 (move cutter centerline) G0 F100 A-1 (rotate blank back to start+1) G1 F100 A0 (rotate blank to remove backlash) M3 (sta

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Fun with Math

2009-05-11 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Kirk Wallace wrote: >In order to post the involute functions, I had to use Inkscape to create >an image, then screen capture. Is there a package that makes working >with and sharing math easier? I'd also like to be able to get function >points into QCAD or make .dxf files with the points. > > We