----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Reynolds" <c_reynolds2...@yahoo.com> To: <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 8:54 AM Subject: [Emc-users] repeating code
>I have a number of projects where I have to thin down material for each >part. I > generally create a single path and then just change the depth as needed. > However > what I'm wondering is if there's a way to have a single path drawn and > then in > the code put something that would tell it to repeat the program at > specific > intervals until a specified depth is reached. That way I could have one > simple > program and then just change the target depth based on the piece I'm > working > with. An example would be... You might look at the Subroutine section in the forum. With the GUI it makes this sort of thing easy. I use http://www.linuxcnc.org/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,20/func,view/catid,40/id,6422/lang,en/ for the lathe but it can be easily modified for the mill. As a matter of fact I plan to do that very soon. Rick G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
