Bear in mind that if you separate the GUI from Linuxcnc, you can start to do things like:
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/windows-8-1-offers-native-drivers-for-3d-printers/ On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Matt Shaver <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:00:57 -0400 > Ed Nisley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 06/26/2013 12:06 AM, Matt Shaver wrote: > > > 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. > > > > That's what I plan to demonstrate: get the M2 running with LCNC as > > many folks have already done, then pile on improvements that can > > *only* happen with a real machine controller... > > When I wrote the above comment about offsets and homing I was actually > thinking that eventually they'll want to do "over-molding" of a soft > plastic over a harder base, perhaps as a sealing component, or just to > add "grip" like those fancy toothbrush handles you see nowadays. > Basically, anything that requires them to orient the start of a > printing job with an existing part rather than just somewhere on the > machine table within the machine limits as they do now. Once they > discover edge finders... > > Thanks, > Matt > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
