On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 10:42:44PM +0000, Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:42:34 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > > >> 3. The user interface needs a lot of critical thinking > >> still, to bring it up > >> to scratch. Have a good look at the latest FANUCs for > >> instance. > > > >but the UI is miles ahead of mach3. > > Not for touch screen lathe users !
Touchy has had lathe support for a while now, but I'm not using it yet. Have you tried it? > It also has it's quirks - two for starters that really annoy, first is > nasty IMO - Axis, click on spindle start, spindle races off at some > arbitrary speed. Need to press + twice before you can control speed. I can't reproduce this - can you give more details? Can you reproduce it in sim? > Other is an annoyance. Running multiple iterations of the same job, > screen should CTRL K after M30 so you can see at a glance, and from a > distance, where it's up to on subsequent runs on the backplot screen > without having to manually type it before pressing "Start". I agree that would be nice. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
