Re: [Emc-users] Noob advice

2014-03-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-03-12 2:01 GMT+02:00 DeeEmm dee...@deeemm.com: So far Sheetcam looks to be very promising as it seems equally suitable for both routing and plasma. Yes, SheetCAM is nice for 2,5D routing and jet-cutting (I use it for both router and waterjet machines). It is just that windows version is

Re: [Emc-users] Noob advice

2014-03-12 Thread DeeEmm
Thanks Andy. Looking a bit more in depth at sheetcam I can now see that it is not particularly strong as a router / mill. This is a shame as it would be good to use one piece of software but I can appreciate that it is a very different animal. Regards Michael Percy AKA DeeEmm

Re: [Emc-users] Noob advice

2014-03-11 Thread andy pugh
On 12 March 2014 00:01, DeeEmm dee...@deeemm.com wrote: At the moment I'm trying to get my head around the workflow for using the machine in dual configuration You probably just want to create two different configs in Stepconf and start whichever is most suitable for the job at hand. So far

[Emc-users] Noob advice

2014-03-11 Thread DeeEmm
Hi all. I have been putting together a CNC over the past months or so and am just about to get into the nitty gritty of getting the control system put together. Being familiar with Linux and Ubuntu I'm very keen to use LinuxCNC as the control system and am now looking into what I need to do to