Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Anders Wallin
ah, this is bad news.   I needed the 3D and CAM functions. Most, if not all, of the 3D operations in heekscnc call opencamlib. Opencamlib (https://github.com/aewallin/opencamlib) is a c++ library with python bindings for axial and radial projection of cylindrical, spherical, toroidal, and

Re: [Emc-users] Engaver Tool Changing

2011-11-28 Thread andy pugh
On 28 November 2011 00:41, BRIAN GLACKIN glackin.br...@gmail.com wrote: For me, Using Firefox, each link resulted in a download of the specific jpg. If you click the jpg and have a recent version of Acrobat youshould get a 3D-viewable model. However, I have no idea how widespread the 3D PDF

Re: [Emc-users] Engaver Tool Changing

2011-11-28 Thread andy pugh
On 28 November 2011 05:00, Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com wrote: Thanks, Andy, and best of luck realizing your design. At the moment I don't have any plans to make it, I just wanted to see if the idea hung together when modelled. If anyone does want to make it, I would be fascinated to know if

[Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread andy pugh
Some of these seem to be just begging to be wrapped round a ball screw nut. http://www.thingapmotors.com/ -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong. -- All the data

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread John Stewart
Whoops - pre-coffee typo, or the auto-spelling-corrector corrected for me: It is in the FreeWRL code; freewill.sf.net; used for avatar/object collision in 3D worlds. (see note 1) That's freewrl.sf.net, not freewill… John Alexander Stewart.

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 11/28/2011 9:29 AM, John Stewart wrote: Whoops - pre-coffee typo, or the auto-spelling-corrector corrected for me: It is in the FreeWRL code; freewill.sf.net; used for avatar/object collision in 3D worlds. (see note 1) That's freewrl.sf.net, not freewill… John Alexander Stewart. Don't

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Peter Georgi
Hi Anders, Thank you, I found the downloads. No, unfourtunatly I'm not able to help you. AS a former dentist I never used the math stuff after the end of my studies. C++ is also a programing language I do not have any skills. Sorry. Regards Peter -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Anders

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Nov 28, 2011, at 01:49 , Anders Wallin wrote: I think a lot of 3D and 2.5D capability can be built on top of these drop-cutter and push-cutter low level functions. I'll try to support integration of opencamlib into FreeCAD as best I can. Yay! Thanks Anders! -- Sebastian Kuzminsky

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread Peter Blodow
This looks like a wound-up linear drive: high torque because of large radius, but high demand for precision mounting. Very interesting, also for other things than tools and machines (e.g., quick pointing telescope and dome drives). Not shown is the drive electronics - like in the used car ads,

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread andy pugh
On 28 November 2011 16:06, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: Very interesting, also for other things than tools and machines (e.g., quick pointing telescope and dome drives). Not shown is the drive electronics - like in the used car ads, the item not mentioned mostly is the crutch. And

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread Peter Blodow
I happen to have a disk motor here in my workshop museum that apparently uses the same principle, about 12 cm diam., very flat. It runs without electronics, so I supposed it had brushes inside. The rotor must be also etched from a disk of sheet copper, simply plane, rotating between two rings

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, Peter Blodow wrote: Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:15:17 +0100 From: Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread andy pugh
On 28 November 2011 16:32, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect it just means that the current return is in the opposite direction, but through the adjacent, opposite polarity, magnet. But then, if you do that, do you need commutation at all? And the answer is, of course, because if

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, andy pugh wrote: Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:03:19 + From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

[Emc-users] Can't reach emcrsh from remote host

2011-11-28 Thread Florian Rist
Hi, I have a problem with emcrsh. I can connect to emcrsh the local host but I cant reach it from my remote Windows computer. What might be wrong? Neither the windows nor the Ubuntu system are running any kind of personal firewall/packet filter, both hosts are on the same LAN. Do I have to

Re: [Emc-users] Can't reach emcrsh from remote host

2011-11-28 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Can these two computers ping each other? On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:21 , Florian Rist wrote: Hi, I have a problem with emcrsh. I can connect to emcrsh the local host but I cant reach it from my remote Windows computer. What might be wrong? Neither the windows nor the Ubuntu system are

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Mark Cason
On 11/27/2011 01:05 PM, s...@highlab.com wrote: The Heeks project is officially shutting down, and they are suggesting that users move to the Freecad project. Unfortunately, Freecad does not yet have any cam support, so you can draw parts but you can't make gcode tool paths yet. Where

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Right at the top, here: http://code.google.com/p/heekscad/ I don't have time to administer HeeksCAD properly and I suggest for a more active project you look at FreeCAD. On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:40 , Mark Cason wrote: On 11/27/2011 01:05 PM, s...@highlab.com wrote: The Heeks project is

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Thomas Powderly
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote: On 11/27/2011 01:05 PM, s...@highlab.com wrote: The Heeks project is officially shutting down, and they are suggesting that users move to the Freecad project.  Unfortunately, Freecad does not yet have any cam

Re: [Emc-users] Can't reach emcrsh from remote host

2011-11-28 Thread Florian Rist
Hi Can these two computers ping each other? Yes. Flo -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Dave Caroline
deflecting interest is not shutting down Dave Caroline On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: Right at the top, here: http://code.google.com/p/heekscad/ I don't have time to administer HeeksCAD properly and I suggest for a more active project you look

Re: [Emc-users] Can't reach emcrsh from remote host

2011-11-28 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Can you pastebin a packet trace of the windows computer trying to connect to emcrsh? On the emc2 computer, run sudo tcpdump -l -n. You may have to add -i (the name of the interface). On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:47 , Florian Rist wrote: Hi Can these two computers ping each other? Yes.

Re: [Emc-users] HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC

2011-11-28 Thread Mark Cason
On 11/28/2011 12:42 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Right at the top, here: http://code.google.com/p/heekscad/ I don't have time to administer HeeksCAD properly and I suggest for a more active project you look at FreeCAD. I've looked at that page many times, and never noticed that.

[Emc-users] 3d PDFs was Re: Engaver Tool Changing

2011-11-28 Thread John Prentice
Greetings Andy Pugh wrote: If you click the jpg and have a recent version of Acrobat youshould get a 3D-viewable model. However, I have no idea how widespread the 3D PDF format is, it was just what was available on my machine when it was running Windows and modelling in Alibre. This

Re: [Emc-users] 3d PDFs was Re: Engaver Tool Changing

2011-11-28 Thread Edward Bernard
Wow! That is way cool. I had no idea the 3d feature would do sections. But why in the world would Adobe drop such a great feature? From: John Prentice j...@castlewd.freeserve.co.uk To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent:

Re: [Emc-users] Can't reach emcrsh from remote host

2011-11-28 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Ok, I'm glad it's working! :-) On Nov 28, 2011, at 13:48 , Florian Rist wrote: Hi Sebastian thanks for trying to help me - I managed to solve the problem. Well, in fact there never was any problem... On the local Ubuntu host telnet gave me a nice message like this, one it connected to

Re: [Emc-users] 3d PDFs was Re: Engaver Tool Changing

2011-11-28 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 11/28/2011 3:12 PM, Edward Bernard wrote: speaking of 3d PDF and Adobe announcing it would be dropped from Adobe Acrobat X Wow! That is way cool. I had no idea the 3d feature would do sections. But why in the world would Adobe drop such a great feature? My guess, hardly anyone uses it in

Re: [Emc-users] 3d PDFs was Re: Engaver Tool Changing

2011-11-28 Thread andy pugh
On 28 November 2011 23:45, Fox Mulder quakem...@gmx.net wrote: With current browsers suporting WebGL it is quite easy to embedd a X3D model into a web site without any need for an extra plugin. I tried this myself some time ago and it worked very good. It sort-of works for me, I had to enable

Re: [Emc-users] Truetyp-tracer

2011-11-28 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, November 28, 2011 09:12:29 PM Martin Patton did opine: Anyone know how to operate Truetype-Tracer? Is it command line only? AFAIK, yes. the syntax is 'ttt string /path/2/font/to/use' unless it has grown more features now. Cheers, Gene -- There are four boxes to be used in defense

Re: [Emc-users] 3d PDFs was Re: Engaver Tool Changing

2011-11-28 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 7:12 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 November 2011 23:45, Fox Mulder quakem...@gmx.net wrote: With current browsers suporting WebGL it is quite easy to embedd a X3D model into a web site without any need for an extra plugin. I tried this myself some

Re: [Emc-users] 3d PDFs was Re: Engaver Tool Changing

2011-11-28 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 11/28/2011 6:45 PM, Fox Mulder wrote: Am 29.11.2011 00:29, schrieb Kent A. Reed: the data sets into supporting documentation. This in addition to the VRML/x3d models we were already creating and which the community didn't like (we never overcame the problem of poor browser support of VRML

Re: [Emc-users] Truetyp-tracer

2011-11-28 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 11/28/2011 9:14 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, November 28, 2011 09:12:29 PM Martin Patton did opine: Anyone know how to operate Truetype-Tracer? Is it command line only? AFAIK, yes. the syntax is 'ttt string /path/2/font/to/use' unless it has grown more features now. Cheers, Gene

Re: [Emc-users] Truetyp-tracer

2011-11-28 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com wrote: On 11/28/2011 9:14 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, November 28, 2011 09:12:29 PM Martin Patton did opine: Anyone know how to operate Truetype-Tracer? I don't know about truetype-tracer, but I just wanted to mention that

Re: [Emc-users] Truetyp-tracer

2011-11-28 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, November 28, 2011 11:41:30 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: On 11/28/2011 9:14 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, November 28, 2011 09:12:29 PM Martin Patton did opine: Anyone know how to operate Truetype-Tracer? Is it command line only? AFAIK, yes. the syntax is 'ttt string