----- Original Message ----- > From: "andy pugh" <[email protected]> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 12:48:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Gui Feature Request > > On 28 April 2017 at 16:42, Todd Zuercher > <[email protected]> wrote: > > How hard would it be to add this feature to Linuxcnc or one of it's > > GUIs? Or maybe this would need to be a whole new GUI? > > It would probably be fairly easy to add as a new Python mini-GUI. > > You can already achieve much the same thing by converting the part > files to subs and calling them from another file using Onnn REPEAT. > > If the files are of the form > > example.ngc > > O#<example> CALL > O #<example> SUB > G1 X1 > O #<example> ENDSUB > > Then you can run it either as a normal G-code file, or as a > subroutine. > > -- > atp
The problem as running the files as a series of subs in a master program, is the complications of interruptions, and modifications of the que once started. This is intended for a supervisor to be able to setup 1 or 2 shifts worth of custom work for the factory drones to do when he's away (in bed sleeping). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
