[Emc-users] Image to G-code...Saving files?

2007-11-11 Thread xtra209
Hi, I have been using Image to G-code in axis and it works. I want to save the gcode files and can't figure out how to do that. It doesn't seem to let me even copy and paste or modify anything in the cutting file or save anything. In particular, at the start of cutting both rows and columns it

Re: [Emc-users] Image to G-code...Saving files?

2007-11-11 Thread Jeff Epler
If you upgrade to emc 2.2.1, there's a new menu option "File > Save gcode as..." which does what you want. In 2.1.6, if you want to save gcode, run image-to-gcode at the commandline and redirect to a file: image-to-gcode mumble.png > mumble.ngc Jeff --

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.2.1 and G3

2007-11-11 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 11:40:29PM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: > Has anyone tried the G3 center mode in the XZ plane with the new EMC2? I > get an error message that indicates that the start and end radius do not > match. In this message, the values of X and Z are transposed. For > example, with a s

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.2.1 and G3

2007-11-11 Thread Kirk Wallace
I turned off g41, and the start and end numbers were corrected, but I found other problems with my input. I failed to realize that for this particular cut, that my i and k needed to be negative values. Now it seems to work properly. The predicted path shows straight lines instead of the semi-circle