Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-20 Thread Greg Bentzinger via Emc-users
The "Gold Standard" for conversational control has been Hurco. Hurco trademarked the term "conversational control" sometime back in the late 70's or early 80's. And in fact someone once asserted that Hurco had made more money through lawsuits of trademark and copy write infringement than they h

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-20 Thread Gene Heskett
o cut the curves. When I am writing gcode, it stays open on the machine so I can copy/paste for every "corner" I need. Often straight to the mdi command line. The only fuss I have about that is that is it could be a bigger font, and 3x longer so I can see the complete command before I hit ente

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread Marcus Bowman
art needs 3 holes and a curved perimeter and a slot then > the CAD/CAM approach is the tool of choice.It's just faster and you get > a visual (and printed copy) of the solution for your records. > > John > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Chris Albert

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread John Dammeyer
rom: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > Sent: November-19-17 9:09 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine > interface > > John, > > > Thanks for the long writeup. I'll r

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 November 2017 00:02:31 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > Modern workplaces and machines are not for craftsmen. They are for > operators who get a big start and a big stop button. Design and > checking is outside the machine. The idea is that the process > designer and supervisor hands the o

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread Chris Albertson
ote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > > Sent: November-19-17 3:30 PM > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC); Machinekit > > Subject: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine > interface &

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Modern workplaces and machines are not for craftsmen. They are for operators who get a big start and a big stop button. Design and checking is outside the machine. The idea is that the process designer and supervisor hands the operator blanks and gets parts. This is not what the hobbyist needs b

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Modern workplaces and machines are not for craftsmen. They are for operators who get a big start and a big stop button. Design and checking is outside the machine. The idea is that the process designer and supervisor hands the operator blanks and gets parts. This is not what the hobbyist needs b

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On 20 November 2017 at 01:34, John Dammeyer wrote: > So in other words, what you want already exists in several different ways. > What doesn't exist is this solution at a zero dollar cost. To an extent, it does. NGCGUI http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gui/ngcgui.html NativeCAM https://www.you

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > Sent: November-19-17 3:30 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC); Machinekit > Subject: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface > > As the title says.

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 November 2017 at 23:29, Chris Albertson wrote: > What I'm looking for is examples of this kind of user interface and > opinions, good or bad. Anyone have links to products and experience (good > or bad) using them. Have you seen NativeCAM? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjOe4VxKL86HyVrs

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread Ken Strauss
From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 6:30 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC); Machinekit > Subject: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface > > As the title says. I'm collecting ideas

[Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread Chris Albertson
As the title says. I'm collecting ideas and the best place to start is with good examples of what is currently available today. A conversational interface to a milling machine is one that does not expose G-Code or CAD/CAM to the user. The user "tells" the machine what he wants, usually by select