On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote: > Regarding messing with the g-code interpreter, my vote is that g-code > should describe axis position, feedrate; and spindle speed and > direction, and little more. Everything else should be handled with CAM, > including canned cycles and such. Less is more. > > If one insists on "improving" g-code, I would start over with a language > using keywords rather than letters. The need to to extract the most > context from single symbols is a throwback from when teletypes ran at > 300 Baud.
There is no open source cam for 5 axis I know of no other way than hand coding for my machine I NEED better syntax not less syntax Dave Caroline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
