> > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:39:30 -0600 > From: "Javid Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] tool list/axis abstraction > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller \(EMC\)" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Stuart- > > I think what we will eventually arrive at is a Description Language for > tools. The type of DL that most people on this list will probably be > familiar with is an HDL-hardware description language-used to describe > programmable logic. > > DDL was developed to address similar needs in the theatrical industry (all > those cool effects do not happen by themselves!) and it is a very > comprehensive Device Description Language. > > Ultimately what you are talking about is a Tool Description Language, where > a generic, human understandable, description is interpreted into a specific > tool selection in a machine. > > Machine tool wise I'm at the low end of the market, so I'm not sure if > something like this already exists for large machining centers or the like.
I know a few shops with pallet systems. I will ask how they do it. > If not this could be a very interesting project, because the logical > extension of a basic TDL is the abililty to simulate tools that are not in > the machine. Say, for example, that a 3/4" end mill is called for but the > machine only has a 1/2" end mill (lets assume that other parameters such as > flute length and corner radius are similar or not critical). If EMC were > able to sustitute that (including simulating the cutter radius) it could be > very useful. This would probably be a second phase of implementation, with > just a basic matching of exact or similar tools being the first phase. At this point the control should ask the operator if a substitute would be acceptable. > > Thanks, > Javid > thanks Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
