Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC and RE: DeskNCrt

Randy Gordon-Gilmore wrote:

> Tim, Paul, Ian,
>
> Thanks for your comments. It sounds like EMC/Linux isn't something I want
> to bite off now, certainly without an investment in a whole new computer.
> For my needs (either dead-simple toolpaths I can draw in VersaCAD at home,
> or full-blown solid models run through Mastercam at work, which does offer
> backplotting) DeskNCrt is doing well for now. But I'll keep EMC in mind
> possibly for the future.

The one special advantage of the backplotter utility is it runs through a
part program using the EXACT G-code interpreter used by EMC, therefore,
it actually proves that the program will run without any squawks about
cutter radius compensation or any other variation in the exact
implementation of the G-code dialect.

Jon