Re: [Emc-users] Large program??

2009-06-17 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 09:52:10PM -0500, K.J. Kirwan wrote: > Excellent, does EMC2 take N numbers with decimals? No, those are rejected. Jeff -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simp

Re: [Emc-users] Large program??

2009-06-16 Thread K.J. Kirwan
Excellent, does EMC2 take N numbers with decimals? Well, three decimal places anyway? (I don't have an EMC2 handy right now.) Thanks, Kim Jeff Epler wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 07:36:02PM -0500, K.J. Kirwan wrote: > >>Oops, what about those long N numbers? > > > This program is accepted

Re: [Emc-users] Large program??

2009-06-16 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 07:36:02PM -0500, K.J. Kirwan wrote: > Oops, what about those long N numbers? This program is accepted just fine by emc: n999 g0x0y0z0 m2 as are ones with even bigger sequences of 9s. I don't think there's

Re: [Emc-users] Large program??

2009-06-16 Thread Stuart Stevenson
if the quantity of N symbol digits is a problem configure your CAM output to put line numbers every 10 line or only at tool changes or not at all On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:36 PM, K.J. Kirwan wrote: > Oops, what about those long N numbers? > The manual > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gcod

Re: [Emc-users] Large program??

2009-06-16 Thread K.J. Kirwan
Oops, what about those long N numbers? The manual http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gcode_overview.html#r1_2 says that N numbers only up to 5 digits are OK. Has this changed, or will trouble occur at N10 ? What kind of trouble? Also this might be a good time for me to mention that Dynapath

Re: [Emc-users] Large program??

2009-06-16 Thread Jeff Epler
There is no strict limit on program length. However, in practice you might find that the AXIS preview is intolerably slow or takes too long to load. In that case, just insert a line that reads exactly (AXIS,stop) somewhere in the gcode; the preview will end at that point. Jeff -

[Emc-users] Large program??

2009-06-16 Thread a
Hello I just finish posting my program where I have Rough and Finish cut. Totally I have N134888 X5.92167 Y37.62106 Z-0.1605 N134889 G0 Z0.25001 N134890 M30 % it is a lot. Can EMC2 hold such amount of lines of code? I think I need manually break G code line with M0; Z 3.0, M0 and make 10-20 small