Re: EMC, Linux, RTlinux, General Questions

Wally,

Shoot on over to:

http://www.linuxcnc.org

Look through the manual for backplot/display and you "should" find
links/ pics. If not, you will at least be looking at the most
comprehensive consolidated info on EMC.

But you should be aware that the EMC is a G CODE interpreter/
controller in its' native form. So you don't "import" a DXF file. The
dxf to gcode conversion is done BEFORE you get to EMC.

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

P.S. I'd send what i've got, but I've been on a "borrowed" computer.
NO archives. :-(

>Maybe i am using the wrong terminology. When you enter in a dxf
>file in EMC with say 10 holes on a plate. You tell the program
>what tools you are going to use to make the hole, like a drill bit
>and its diameter. At a certain point before the Gcode file is
>generated the tool path should be displayed showing the order the 10
>holes will be drilled. At this point you should be able to edit
>this "tool path" if you want to drill the holes in the order you
>want.

>I would like to see what the general EMC user screen looks like and
>the 2D tool path screen. Plus the screen with the 3D backplot
>utility would be nice.
>Wally

>> you can not edit the tool path using the
>> backplot utility. to change the tool path
>> you would have to edit the g-code program.
>> Terry