Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-21 Thread Chris Albertson
018 1:50 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception > > Lars Christensen has a bunch of Fusion 360 videos on YouTube. He > works for Autodesk and has an absolute beginner series. It is how I > learned basic Fusion 36

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-21 Thread Thaddeus Waldner
Fusion 360 also runs natively on a Mac. Thaddeus Waldner From: Dave Matthews Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 1:50 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception Lars Christensen has a bunch of

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Matthews
Lars Christensen has a bunch of Fusion 360 videos on YouTube. He works for Autodesk and has an absolute beginner series. It is how I learned basic Fusion 360. Dave On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 2:47 PM Dave Cole wrote: > > Its hard to beat this price for 3D Cad/Cam which is free for hobbyist > and s

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Cole
Its hard to beat this price for 3D Cad/Cam which is free for hobbyist and startups making less than 100K per year. https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/fusion-360-for-hobbyists It requires Window, but its free! I know of a shop that is using Inventor now and they are moving a lot of their work t

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 20 December 2018 16:40:50 andy pugh wrote: > On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 21:17, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Those measurements are already in this code, it would take maybe a > > minute to change it to put db9's in the same place the db25's are > > now. > > I think I might be tempted to make

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-20 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 21:17, Gene Heskett wrote: > Those measurements are already in this code, it would take maybe a minute > to change it to put db9's in the same place the db25's are now. I think I might be tempted to make a punch-set for the flypress instead of machining the holes ;-) --

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-20 Thread Chris Albertson
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:19 AM Les Newell wrote: > > Can your cad/cam program do that in 300 LOC? 100k LOC maybe. > Who knows. No one EVER reads the g-code or counts the lines. I have some files with a few million lines. But here is another question: Can you hand code a DB9 cut out in less

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 19 December 2018 15:02:57 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 19 December 2018 01:27:46 David Berndt wrote: > > I could write a big email about this, and I will if you want to, > > just let me know. But I'll jump in here and agree with Chris. You're > > missing out not having a cad/cam

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-20 Thread Les Newell
Can your cad/cam program do that in 300 LOC? 100k LOC maybe. What difference does that make? CAM usually won't generate as compact code as hand coding with loops but even a million lines of code is only a few megabytes. LCNC is only really limited by the available storage so code size isn't a

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread Chris Albertson
I run Fusion 360 on a Mac, but THANKS for finding *Paperspace*. I have an Amazon AWS account but that is best used for things like machine learning experiments not interactive use. 18 cents is just stupid-cheap. These high-end computers can burn up a kilowatt of power if you push them to full l

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread Martin Dobbins
I thought so too. Got me thinking again about what CAD you can run in Linux, so getting way off topic I came across this: https://joshschertz.com/2017/08/09/Run-Fusion-360-in-Ubuntu/ Martin Nicely done Andy. It was a really good demo. John Dammeyer _

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread Chris Albertson
One of the problems with CAD system is that now you can design things that are very complex and compound curves are trivial to make so you used them and then you start worrying about of a sharp edge should be broken with a 1mm or a 1.5mm radius.Because your two inch long part is being displayed

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 19 December 2018 13:33:21 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > An easier way to get the round corners in a D-Sub cutout is to use an > endmill with the radius of the corners then make the trapezoid with > sharp corners. Offset to the inside and let that and the tool size > take care

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 19 December 2018 01:27:46 David Berndt wrote: > I could write a big email about this, and I will if you want to, just > let me know. But I'll jump in here and agree with Chris. You're > missing out not having a cad/cam package. You're not able to use your > tools, or your time to opti

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread John Dammeyer
dy. It was a really good demo. John Dammeyer > -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: December-19-18 10:46 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception > > On

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 17:44, Roland Jollivet wrote: > I watched that. It did look a long winded. Near the end you seem to be > repeatedly trying to dimension values that are already defined? I was deliberately creating driven dimensions. Those dimensions were not required to define the shape. W

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
An easier way to get the round corners in a D-Sub cutout is to use an endmill with the radius of the corners then make the trapezoid with sharp corners. Offset to the inside and let that and the tool size take care of the round corners. ___ Emc-users

[Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread Roland Jollivet
Hi Andy I watched that. It did look a long winded. Near the end you seem to be repeatedly trying to dimension values that are already defined? Also, to sketch a fillet, there should be two ways to do it. Either click on the two lines, as you did, or simply click on the vertex. It's a lot quicker.

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/19/2018 06:07 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 22:50, Gene Heskett wrote: I've made several passes at learning one pkg or another, but after half an hour without making any real progress, I'm back to measuring and defining points and writing gcode by hand. Well, my solution

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-19 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 22:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > I've made several passes at learning one pkg or another, but after half > an hour without making any real progress, I'm back to measuring and > defining points and writing gcode by hand. There is a lot to be said for drawing in a CAD package an

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-18 Thread David Berndt
I could write a big email about this, and I will if you want to, just let me know. But I'll jump in here and agree with Chris. You're missing out not having a cad/cam package. You're not able to use your tools, or your time to optimum effect, and you're not getting the best end result that

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 18 December 2018 20:51:43 Chris Albertson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:50 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 December 2018 12:57:07 Chris Albertson wrote: > > > Gene, > > > > > > You should learn to use CAM software. > > > > I've made several passes at learning one pkg or

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-18 Thread Chris Albertson
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:50 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 18 December 2018 12:57:07 Chris Albertson wrote: > > > Gene, > > > > You should learn to use CAM software. > > I've made several passes at learning one pkg or another, but after half > an hour without making any real progress, I'm b

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 18 December 2018 12:57:07 Chris Albertson wrote: > Gene, > > You should learn to use CAM software. I've made several passes at learning one pkg or another, but after half an hour without making any real progress, I'm back to measuring and defining points and writing gcode by hand. >

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-18 Thread Chris Albertson
Gene, You should learn to use CAM software. As an exercise I tried this, took about 6 minutes. Four steps Draw trapezoid, filet the corners, select tool, generate g-code for tool path. The trapezoid is parametric so I can change the length by editing one number. On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:58 A

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 18 December 2018 12:01:23 Les Newell wrote: > Regrind a drill bit with the appropriate angle - instant countersink. > > You could do it in code but you'll spend a lot more time coding than > regrinding a drill. > > Les Unforch Les, that would be a hand job as I've lost my touch at gett

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-18 Thread Les Newell
Regrind a drill bit with the appropriate angle - instant countersink. You could do it in code but you'll spend a lot more time coding than regrinding a drill. Les On 18/12/2018 16:56, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I have the code for this panel done, carving what I think is the correct

[Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-18 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I have the code for this panel done, carving what I think is the correct size of dsub cutouts, and 10 holes to hold GS16-5 connectors, and one hole for a line cord packing gland. And copy #2 of it will need to have those 10 holes resized to fit a GS12-5 connector, I made a mista