On Sunday 13 April 2008, Ormund Williams wrote: >On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 13:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> A list lurker, speaking up as I run EMC2 on a tabletop mill here. >> >> This seems like a neat idea Jesse, but can gerbv show 3D? RS-274-D, from >> NIST, as interpreted by late versions of EMC2, can describe 9 different >> axis's & gerbv would seem to be at most a 2D display, possibly with >> tightly spaced overlays that can be laid on or peeled off. > >Hi Gene > >The Gerber format was a subset of the real RS-274D standard and I've >never seen any Z axis data in a gerber file. gerbv can't show 3D >images.
And in my case there is not only Z, but A too. >> I'm currently setup to do 4 axis's, with the 4th being a "rotate the work >> surface" using the X axis as the axle to turn on, although I can lay the >> rotary table down and use it to present the end of the workpiece to the >> cutter tool too. >> >> I'd be interested in seeing such a 3+D display, although my well aged mind >> cannot well grasp how it might be done, let alone suggest how to do it. > >That "well aged mind" has contributed much to my meager wisdom as I try >to design a circuit assembly robot, see you on the EMC list. Thanks for the flowers, Ormund, I appreciate them. > >Regards > >__ >Ormund > > > > >_______________________________________________ >geda-user mailing list >geda-user@moria.seul.org >http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Windows found - Remove? (Y)es (S)ure (F)ine (O)K _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user