On Feb 14, 2012, at 14:43 , gene heskett wrote: > Would it be possible to expand the tool table by one more boolean value > that would control the back plot in axis so it would draw a red line the > width of the currently loaded tools diameter if this boolean were set true? > > It would be a major help in visualizing the results before committing to > making expensive swarf for a project such as this encoder wheel.
I don't think that belongs in linuxcnc. It sounds like you would like the "cut simulation" work that Anders Wallin et al are working on. Check this out: http://www.anderswallin.net/2010/08/octree-animation/ It'd be cool to have a tool like that in another Axis tab... > FWIW, the 2.6.0-whatever from master-rt I've had for about 36 hours or so, > is still taking the machine down on the exit, about once in 20 to 25 runs, > usually requiring 2 reboots or a powerdown reboot to fully recover. Other > than that, how sweet it is! Uh-oh, that doesn't sound good. Are you building your own, or using buildbot debs? If you're using buildbot debs, please send us the output of 'dpkg --status linuxcnc | grep Version'. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! 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-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
