Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] master 5 "update" suggestions

Bellendo:

Good point!!!, I never thought of that, I will indeed make it an
optional feature. Thanks for the input.

Art

----- Original Message -----
From: <ballendo@...>
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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:04 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] master 5 "update" suggestions


> Art,
>
> Please make this an OPTION, NOT the default...
>
> Sometimes we have drawn it the way(order) we want it cut!
>
> My $.02:
>
> First pass; Have dxf/hpgl import. you've done this already.
> 2nd pass; Add the OPTION of optomising(shortest path algorithm) the
> cut path when imported.
> 3rd pass; Provide for editing(order of cutting) at the "entity" level.
> 4th pass; Allow the cut direction to be changed, again working with
> entities.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Ballendo
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Art Fenerty" <fenerty@h...> wrote:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > For those Master5 users out there, at a customers request,
> the DXF import utility has been changed. It now
> > calculates the shortest path to cut, by reconfiguring the dxf
> drawing. It will swap direction of lines, polylines and arcs, to
> > allows for the shortest path possible irregardless of the order in
> which they were drawn. I will add this feature to HPGL asap. I will
> be gone on vacation starting tommorrow for a week, and hopefully will
> be ready to code when I return. Master5 is now over 46 thousand lines
> of code and growing rapidly. As a hobby programmer, its been a
> draining experience to develop it, but bug reports are now rare, and
> hopefully the integrated G-Code editor can be the next priority. Then
> hopefully, I can start lathe work (if I can ever start to understand
> it. )
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Art
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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