SheetCam isn't open source but it is pretty
reasonably priced and there is a Linux version as well as a Windows
version. The Linux version is a little out of date at the moment but the
Windows version runs well under Wine. I am working on an update to the
Linux version.
Les
Karl Schmidt wrot
2010/3/20 Karl Schmidt
> What are people using to generate tool paths?
>
> I dug into this a few years back and put my notes here:
>
> http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/CAD_CAM#Linux_friendly_CAD_CAM_packages
>
> I've not found usable Open-source software - so I'm looking for something
> afforda
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:17:00 -0400, you wrote:
>I had BobCad and it truly sucks.
>It was a complete waste of money for us.
>They sold it to us "twice" promising that it would just take a few small
>edits to the G-code translator to get it to work with Isel machines.
>After 4 months they still cou
On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 21:26 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> Please show us the output of these commands:
>
> dpkg -l emc2 python
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=bot
I have changed interface tkemc. Now, i have a script with file.tcl but i
don't know to compile that file? please!
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At 03:12 PM 3/20/2010, you wrote:
>I can't personally testify to that as my only machine is a thoroughly hacked,
>all new Z axis saig x1, with 262 or 425 oz steppers on it, aka the smallest
>HF they sell, with bigger tables and the rebuilt z, it does pretty well if I
>can keep the damned typos und
On Sunday 21 March 2010, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote:
>At 03:12 PM 3/20/2010, you wrote:
>
>
>>I can't personally testify to that as my only machine is a thoroughly
>> hacked, all new Z axis saig x1, with 262 or 425 oz steppers on it, aka
>> the smallest HF they sell, with bigger tables and the r
I've got a project to do on my 4 axis mill x,y,z,a running EMC
A is parallel to to the X axis and is a rotory head the part will between
centers on the x axis 28" long
The part file is a 3d model of a cylinder like shape egg shape
What cad program will work the best to output gcode for machinin
Peter,
I have a question about the the 7i33. The machine we are discussing
has three 25 HP spindle motors operating on 3 separate VFD's. We have a
Italian control that was fitted onto a machine and it has a 100ma limit on
its analog output. Each VFD requires a minimum of 70ma to run. W
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010, Paul Keeton wrote:
> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:39:57 -0400
> From: Paul Keeton
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] G52 and Fanuc conversion to EMC
>
> Peter,
>
> I have a questio
Peter,
> The 7I33 has limited output current capabilites so would need a buffer to
> drive your VFDs. Since there is such high input current I would use one
> buffer
> per VFD. Are these 0-10V + direction devices or +- 10V?
The drives can be setup either way for either +-10 or +10 with direction
On 21 March 2010 15:39, Paul Keeton wrote:
> Each VFD requires a minimum of 70ma to run. We had to put
> a small phoenix contact amp on it to boost the analog signal to run all
> three drives on that machine.
70mA is quite a lot, really. However there are op-amps that can handle
that amount of
Thanks Andy!
- Original Message -
From: "Andy Pugh"
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] G52 and Fanuc conversion to EMC
> On 21 March 2010 15:39, Paul Keeton wrote:
>
>> Each VFD requires a minimum of 70ma to run. We
That time difference is surprising to me. I started a new wiki page for
machining time comparisons. It might help people who don't think EMC is
serious enough for their needs.
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?ControlComparisons
Mark
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Paul Keeton wrote:
That's awesome Mark.Let me give you some more info..
This same program ran on a Selca Control in 16 minutes. That was a $250K
refit for a high speed control. That selca is a different animal though. It
was designed to push point to point programs thru a 1500 ipm machines.
The EMC versio
I don't have times - just operator reports.
5 axis Cinci with MDSI/Opencnc vs 5 axis Cinci with EMC2
Operators tell me the exact same program yields twice as many parts per day
on the EMC2 controlled machine.
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Binh Hoang wrote:
> I have changed interface tkemc. Now, i have a script with file.tcl but i
> don't know to compile that file? please!
>
tcl scripts are not compiled. The are interpreted in real time by the
tcl interpreter. If you have a stand-alone tcl script, you can run it
with a command
On 21/03/2010 16:53, Mark wrote:
> That time difference is surprising to me. I started a new wiki page for
> machining time comparisons. It might help people who don't think EMC is
> serious enough for their needs.
> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?ControlComparisons
>
Mark might b
On Sunday 21 March 2010, Paul Keeton wrote:
>Peter,
>
> I have a question about the the 7i33. The machine we are
> discussing has three 25 HP spindle motors operating on 3 separate VFD's.
> We have a Italian control that was fitted onto a machine and it has a
> 100ma limit on its analog out
On Sunday 21 March 2010, Andy Pugh wrote:
>On 21 March 2010 15:39, Paul Keeton wrote:
>> Each VFD requires a minimum of 70ma to run. We had to put
>> a small phoenix contact amp on it to boost the analog signal to run all
>> three drives on that machine.
>
>70mA is quite a lot, really. However th
On 21 March 2010 19:30, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>http://docs-europe.origin.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0024/0900766b800246
>>97.pdf
> He would need one of those per vfd.
Indeed. But then you would need one per VFD to run the drives at
different speeds anyway, which seems a very likely requiremen
>Paul, your choice of a signal booster appears to be a poor one
Obviously, the phoenix amp was installed just to get the spindles to run at
program speed to begin with. The speed control issue popped up later on.
Thanks,
Paul
- Original Message -
From: "Gene Heskett"
To: "Enhance
A local campus has an EMCO PC Mill 50, which communicates over RS485
with a PC (running Win98, bleh!). I was wondering if anyone here has
had any experience with EMCO machines. I'd like to get an idea of how
difficult a retrofit with EMC would be.
To my eye, it appears that the stepper driver
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 3:56 PM, fritz wrote:
> A local campus has an EMCO PC Mill 50, which communicates over RS485
> with a PC (running Win98, bleh!). I was wondering if anyone here has
> had any experience with EMCO machines. I'd like to get an idea of how
> difficult a retrofit with EMC woul
ad...@mmri.us wrote:
> I had BobCad and it truly sucks.
> It was a complete waste of money for us.
> They sold it to us "twice" promising that it would just take a few small
> edits to the G-code translator to get it to work with Isel machines.
> After 4 months they still could not translate to Is
Hi
I think year ago we talk about read only chip where operating system
will be on read only chip and benefit of that.
Right now I think it is imperative to go back to read only chip not to
start computer faster but to solve a virus problem.
Very soon virus will be design to every operating syste
No, but since no is not in their vocabulary anything is possible.
On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 16:53 -0500, Karl Schmidt wrote:
> ad...@mmri.us wrote:
> > I had BobCad and it truly sucks.
> > It was a complete waste of money for us.
> > They sold it to us "twice" promising that it would just take a few
Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> I don't have times - just operator reports.
> 5 axis Cinci with MDSI/Opencnc vs 5 axis Cinci with EMC2
> Operators tell me the exact same program yields twice as many parts per day
> on the EMC2 controlled machine.
>
This of course could be the result of a lot of thin
On 21 March 2010 21:35, wrote:
> Is it possible to put UBUNTU or XP on read only chip with all special
> custom drivers?
Just run off the LiveCD and leave the network cable unplugged, that
way you can never get a virus.
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a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote:
> Hi
> I think year ago we talk about “read only chip” where operating system
> will be on read only chip and benefit of that.
> Right now I think it is imperative to go back to read only chip not to
> start computer faster but to solve a virus problem.
>
I have
I've got a project to do on my 4 axis mill x,y,z,a running EMC
A is parallel to to the X axis and is a rotory head the part will between
centers on the x axis 28" long
The part file is a 3d model of a cylinder like shape egg shape
What cad program will work the best to output gcode for machinin
I agree, I have been hacked into before, but I was NOT behind even a minimal
router/firewall, and the system was not locked down.
I figure I got what I deserved because I knew better and was just lazy.
As far as virus, worm or the like that I am always finding on M$ machines,
no, nothing of the li
On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 18:39 -0500, Kasey Matejcek wrote:
> I've got a project to do on my 4 axis mill x,y,z,a running EMC
>
> A is parallel to to the X axis and is a rotory head the part will between
> centers on the x axis 28" long
>
> The part file is a 3d model of a cylinder like shape egg sha
None of these are Open Source, and non work natively with Linux, but
since those requirements weren't mentioned in your question, only in
the notes you linked to, I'll ignore them in my response. :-)
Nobody seems to have mentioned CamBam. It has a bit of a learning
curve, but it has a ton of power
On Mar 21, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Mike Payson wrote:
> None of these are Open Source, and non work natively with Linux, but
> since those requirements weren't mentioned in your question, only in
> the notes you linked to, I'll ignore them in my response. :-)
>
> Nobody seems to have mentioned CamBam.
Serial is a nogo with realtime in EMC
Having said that, depending upon your budget, you could through the existing
controller away (and/or ebay it) and pick up a stepper controller that would
allow you to run the mill through the parrallel port (cheap) or using an
FPGA board (less cheap).
for a 4
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
> Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> > I don't have times - just operator reports.
> > 5 axis Cinci with MDSI/Opencnc vs 5 axis Cinci with EMC2
> > Operators tell me the exact same program yields twice as many parts per
> day
> > on the EMC2 controlled m
Are you sure we need realtime? I kind of doubt that Emco would use a
PLC for anything but the real time operation of the motors.
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:37 PM, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote:
> Serial is a nogo with realtime in EMC
>
> Having said that, depending upon your budget, you could through the ex
Ries,
Thanks for the recommendation. At $5k, Pro-E is pretty spendy for my
needs, but it looks like they do offer a non-commercial version for
$250. Might be worth considering.
http://store.ptc.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=ptc&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&pr
On Mar 21, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Mike Payson wrote:
> Ries,
>
> Thanks for the recommendation. At $5k, Pro-E is pretty spendy for my
> needs, but it looks like they do offer a non-commercial version for
> $250. Might be worth considering.
>
> http://store.ptc.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action
On Sunday 21 March 2010, Andy Pugh wrote:
>On 21 March 2010 19:30, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>http://docs-europe.origin.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0024/0900766b8002
>>>46 97.pdf
>>
>> He would need one of those per vfd.
>
>Indeed. But then you would need one per VFD to run the drives at
>different
Stuart Stevenson wrote:
>>
>> The setup is done before the production. The operators were talking about
>> the floor to floor production.
>>
>> As time goes by I will be able to determine why there is an increase in
>> production. Machine slide speed is not the reason. I did not try to increase
>>
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