Hi EMC users, I pulled out enough hair over those weird O-Code control structures used in RS274 GCode. So I thought it would be cool to program the machine in python and use sane for-, while-loops and if-branches.
Axis is able to read script-code, so this wrapper module exploits it. The python program can be loaded into Axis like any other GCode program. The wrapper returns "flat" and unrolled GCode to Axis. There's no problem with that, though. The generated GCode is not supposed to be touched by a human, so it doesn't really matter how it looks like. However, the wrapper is flexible enough to not hide any GCode features. With the basic "Line" primitive, it is possible to emit any GCode (even invalid code). So here's the module. There's also a tiny example usage script in the module docstring: http://bu3sch.de/gitweb?p=cnc.git;a=blob;f=gcode/gcode.py;hb=HEAD So why do this? It's simply for the sake of using a _modern_ programming language to control the machine. There still may be a few rough edges in the script, but I think it's already pretty usable as-is. -- Greetings Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
