-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/25/2013 11:06 PM, Matt Shaver wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:42:06 -0500 Stuart Stevenson > <stus...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My first reaction is how could this be necessary? Are they not >> wanting/able to capture a file to feed to the control? I am >> having trouble imagining a computer so small or a program so >> large as to need drip feed. > > This situation is a direct result of how the 3D printer community > views their machines: as _printers_. If you look at a typical > office printer, there are few manual controls. An office printer is > connected to a computer and you select File/Print from a menu to > print your work from within the design system you are using. The 3D > printer folks see their machines as a 3D _printer_. > > It seems logical to me to give them what they're used to, like > this: > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1245051645/viki-lcd-a-sleek-lcd-control-interface-for-your-3d
*EXACTLY*, > which is why one of the interfaces that I am most interested in is the 4-line LCD interface I didn't even know about until recently. > When the 3D folks discover that they need offsets or homing, or any > of the other features of linuxcnc, we'll be there to help. Yes, trying to get everyone to switch to the LinuxCNC control model will take time and may not ever happen. There can be a lot of inertia in the way people think something is supposed to be done. - -- Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlHKqi4ACgkQLywbqEHdNFzNfACgy73Dz/+YLyD1PMUGN/PGUPPP nm0AnA92/PSASUMwK0Tp65HOVWTyFRd4 =XWdS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
