inkscape makes this easy in Linux. with the gcodetools extension, producing the g-code is a snal too.
Walt On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:10 PM, jeremy youngs <jcyoung...@gmail.com> wrote: > just get a picture with something of KNOWN size in it raster it in a vector > program ( photoshop will do this ) import to autocad as dxf, measure known > point to point divide known measurement by measurement made in autocad then > rescale to the quotient . trim all but desired out of dxf . import to > mastercam write program make :) > now how to do this with all linux programs well i havent got there yet but > when i do i will swear off bill gates forever:) > note perpendicularity of the photo is very crucial to get accurate scaling > this can be used with any photo sometimes to an accuracy of a couple of > thousandths depending on perpendicularity and the accuracy of the known > measured item > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Gregg Eshelman <g_ala...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I'd like to get the exact dimensions for the triangle pattern used in the >> wall and floor panels of Skylab. Looks like there are round holes, possibly >> threaded, where the triangle holes meet. >> >> Why that pattern? Because it's an interesting design and looks like it >> could be useful for other purposes, especially if the round holes are >> threaded. >> >> Anyone live near the Air and Space Museum? Would they allow someone in >> with a digital caliper to take measurements? >> >> The only other places I know of that may have those panels are the two >> Skylab simulators, if they were built to fully duplicate the two built for >> launching. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced >> analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building >> apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use >> our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! >> http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > > > -- > jeremy youngs > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Walt Scrivens wa...@gate.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
