On Sunday 28 June 2020 13:13:53 Martin Dobbins wrote: > Hi Gene, > > The app image I'm using (since the path workbench failed) is > 0.18-16146. It loads the path workbench fine and hasn't crashed yet, > but I do have some niggles: > > It's slower than molasses to load. > The numerical boxes it produces in response to a dimensioning request > are squished and difficult to read. > > Not game changers, but still. > > I'm using this on Ubuntu 20.04 (it's just what I use at the "comfy" > desktop). I found the same things as you with repo versions, so I > originally went with: > > https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Install_on_Unix > > adding the ppa to software sources started hosing my software updates, > so that got removed. It was stable apart from the path workbench > (that could be just an Ubuntu thing you don't need to know about if > you aren't running Ubuntu). I wanted to use the path workbench, so > this version had to go. > > I got the app image here: > > https://www.freecadweb.org/downloads.php > > I didn't grok freecad until I watched this: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbNg3mzm84s > > Hope that helps? > Somewhat, the audio was quite low, hard to follow. But he sure made it look like a piece of cake.
Thanks. > Martin > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gene Heskett > > On Sunday 28 June 2020 10:26:38 N wrote: > > > I thought I would post this for anyone that might step this way in > > > future 🙂 > > > > > > Following discussions on freecad producing g-code, I've been > > > experimenting. The <path> workbench is where this all happens, > > > but going to that location produced "libnglib.so: cannot open > > > shared object file: No such file or directory" > > > > Draw a simple part the last week to test run machine, 2D + > > extrusion. Generated g-code, had to add feed rate at beginning but > > then it works. However had to dry run, real machine but have not > > been able to get correct chuck yet. > > > > Read further down about crashes but have not had this problem, for > > me it works fine. > > And where did you get this later and more stable release? Whats in > the repo's is neither late, nor stable. I've wound up nuking the last > 2 attempts to build it here. > > Your freecad version number please? > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
