Re: [Emc-users] Installing EMC2

2007-10-07 Thread Jeff Epler
The emc official packages, and the EMC2 CD are Ubuntu 6.06. These packages cannot be installed on Ubuntu 7.04. If you want "easy" you will want to reinstall from the CD, either replacing 7.04 or as a dual-boot setup. Jeff -

Re: [Emc-users] 5 axis tool length compensation

2007-10-07 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, More thoughts on tool length compensation. When using G17, G18 and G19 to set the working plane, commonly called the circle interpolation plane, the working tool axis vector changes at the same time. G17 sets the working plane as the XY plane and the working tool axis vector as t

[Emc-users] Installing EMC2

2007-10-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I have the Ubuntu version 7.04 on a CD, and I have the EMC2 Basic on CD. Should I load the EMC2 Basic CD and the update to Ubuntu 7.04 or load Ubuntu 7.04 and then load only EMC2 from the EMC2 Basic CD? Are there any problems with using EMC2 with Ubuntu 7.04? I'm looking for easy R

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Tool Radius Compensation

2007-10-07 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 12:19:04AM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > and with or without the g41 the AXIS tool cross-hair follows the contour > and not the tool outline. I could not test your program right now but I think I see the problem. The crosshair will always follow the plot. When using com

[Emc-users] Lathe Tool Radius Compensation

2007-10-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
Does lathe tool radius compensation work on 2.1.7? I set up a test program: --- ohgee.ngc --- % g21 g64 g18 g94 f50.0 t1 m6 g01 x0.0 z10.0 g41 g03 x2.5 z7.5 r2.5 g02 x5.0 z5.0 r2.5 g01 x5.0 z0.0 m2 % --- --- lathe.tbl --- 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.03 25.0 85.0 2 --- and with or without the g41 the AXIS to