On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Curtis Dutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robert, > > Today I found the time to install 12.04 LTS on my router controller, build > the circular arc blending beta branch and get it running. > > > Everything seems to be working wonderfully with a dry run. The program that > I tested is a 4.8MB 3d shaping g-code program. On the 2.5 release without > arc blending it takes 38 minutes to run. With circular arc blending it > takes 27 minutes. > > To me that is just a HUGE improvement and I cannot say thanks enough for > your work so far! I don't know when else I was able to flip a switch and > get that much improvement in my manufacturing process! Big big time savings > for me. I think these changes will be just as huge for the linuxcnc > community overall and will really help linuxcnc's reputation. > Thanks! I'm happy with how it's turned out too. I can't thank the folks enough who have helped along the way. The testing and feedback has made it much easier to develop. > I am a software developer as well, so whenever you need a buddy build, > debugging, help, etc... feel free to ping me. I'll help when I have time. > It's a lower priority, but if you're feeling adventurous, I have an 'experimental' branch here that has some newer tweaks and fixes. It hasn't been as thoroughly tested, though it has behaved well for me. https://github.com/robEllenberg/linuxcnc-mirror/tree/circular-blend-arc-experimental My plan is to merge these changes in when they pass all of my test programs on an RT build. > I'll chirp up again after I make some real cuts tomorrow with any issues I > see in the parts I make. > I'm looking forward to it! In particular, see if you notice any machine vibration / surface finish issues, since that's harder to predict from simulation. P.S. > The only issue I had was the first time through the build it was > complaining about not finding "cscope". A simple apt-get install did the > truck. I suggest that a check be added to ./configure to alert the user of > its necessity prior to building. That's a hack I added to build a code database for searching, but I'll probably remove it before merging. On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Robert Ellenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > After fixing a few persistent but minor issues with arc blending, I think > > the code is ready for "beta" status. I've pushed a branch on my github > fork > > called circular-blend-arc-beta: > > > > > > > https://github.com/robEllenberg/linuxcnc-mirror/tree/circular-blend-arc-beta > > > > This branch has code that does not violate velocity or acceleration > > constraints on any of the test programs. As such, it's ready for > (carefully > > supervised) hardware testing. Once it's running on a few machines without > > issue, it should be merge-ready for the master branch. > > > > Thanks again to everyone who's helped out with extensive advice and > > testing! > > -Rob > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into > your > > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics > > Pro! > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
