Hi Alex, That sounds kind of limited :(
What I really want to do is 5 or 6 axis control with joysticks, recording all the while. I am gathering the parts to make a 6 axis gantry style welder. The setup would be like a 5 axis router with the sixth axis being like a spindle to rotate the torch. The thought of doing CAM and gcode for that just seems like a total nightmare. Think zig zag bead as you travel around a tube notch. Leaning to weld with joysticks however seems like a video game! Put a camera on it! Dual monitors.....awesome! I realize this is complicated, joystick jogging is not real time. I was thinking you could use hal streamer and maybe log it and then play it back? Automate pressing the teach button and add some code that converts it to gcode? I don't know. I do know that I can build the machine and I really would like to automate some of my welding. I am working on my plasma tube notcher right now and the welder is the next project. Thanks, Dan Alex Joni wrote: > Hi Dan, > > the teach-in function that is included in emc2 is a "hack" that is used > to save position for some puma-typed robots. > Basicly you launch the teach-in script (once emc2 is running), and when > you push teach (if my memory serves me right) it saves the current > position (both in joint space and in carthesian space). > I'm not sure if this is useful to you, as you would have to write the > G-code for those points. > > Regards, > Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
