Do you mean something like: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?G-Wiz
The idea of this is that a GUI would let you generate calls to predefined gcode subroutines. Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Kenny Products Company, LLC 55 Main Street Voice: (888)ISO-SEVO (888)476-7386 Newtown, CT 06470 Fax: (203)426-9138 http://www.MarkKenny.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ron Ginger Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Interactive machining I am not for a second suggesting Interactive machining should replace conventional CAD-CAM, Gcode generation. As Stuart describes there are large complex machines for which Gcode is the appropriate tool, and EMC works very well. However, I see application for the much simpler Interactive work. My example would be a 3 axis mill, om which I want to do a simple set of tasks like face off some stock, drill a bolt circle, then maybe mill a couple circular pockets around it. Yes, one could go to the CAD system, draw it all, then process it to Gcode, then load and run that. But with a simple Interactive screen I can simply fill in a couple fields, like length and width and depth of cut, then press a 'DoIt' button and the machine does the job. Using the wizards in Mach I have often demonstrated such a sequence in a matter of a minute or two- faster that I can walk from my shop to my CAD computer and back again. The Gcode with parameters and subroutine that lead into this thread is an example of trying to make a universal gcode program for some repetitive task. But editing that parameter list and getting it to run correctly would be much slower that a screen that let you simply enter the appropriate parameters, in a nice graphical view that looked like the part, then just run it. Interactive machining is NOT to replace Gcode, its for a different class of work, and there are a lot of shops that could use it very productively. Jon, Ray, some others may recall Ive been beating this drum for years, starting back at NAMES several years ago with my Win 3.1 VB code to mimic the Acurite control. ron ginger ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
