Re: [Emc-users] Estimated time remaining

2016-10-01 Thread Todd Zuercher
The current line number is supposed to be available on the pin "motion.program-line" (not sure how well it always works). There has to be a way to glean the total number of lines, but I don't know it. - Original Message - From: "Danny Miller" To:

Re: [Emc-users] Estimated time remaining

2016-10-01 Thread sam sokolik
I was wondering if you could create an accurate estimate by creating a sim config with (now just thinking out loud) 1000 times the velocity/accelleraton and the feedrate override set to 1000%. You would run the program in sim - then multiply the time by 1000. (or whatever) I have not

Re: [Emc-users] CNC little hobber

2016-10-01 Thread andy pugh
On 1 October 2016 at 22:49, wrote: > OK, I know nothing about gear hobbing, but have seen that youtube video of > the little hobber, what kind of work would need to be done to build a cnc > version of such a machine? It's actually almost trivial with HAL.

Re: [Emc-users] Estimated time remaining

2016-10-01 Thread Danny Miller
The estimator DOES just use distance & feedrate, not acceleration. This is effective for estimating 2D cuts but junk for 3D carving, which hinges primarily on acceleration. There is no one effective "factor". I have 3D carvings which took 4x longer than estimated, others 6x. If it is only a

[Emc-users] CNC little hobber

2016-10-01 Thread richshoop
OK, I know nothing about gear hobbing, but have seen that youtube video of the little hobber, what kind of work would need to be done to build a cnc version of such a machine? - Original Message - From: emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Question on Renishaw MP3 IR probe

2016-10-01 Thread Florian Rist
Hi Hubert > Does anybody know what batteries a Renishaw MP3 IR probe with a round > battery compartment uses. All the current literature shows a > compartment with 2 9-volt batteries. The OMP40 (and some other probes as well) uses two 1/2 AA 3.6V lithium batteries. These batteries are about

Re: [Emc-users] Estimated time remaining

2016-10-01 Thread Todd Zuercher
I suppose you might be able to make something like that. But I think I have a good idea for improving the run time estimator. Right now how does it work, does it just use the feed rates X distance to be traveled? What if it took that and added to it a factor(derived from the machines