Re: Digitizing arm - CMM

Tom
here is the address of for the Rhinolator calc program http://members.aol.com/rolandmont/Rhilat1.html
As near as I can figure it does its calculations and then will export the numbers directly to the command line in rhinowhick will
put the points onto the screen and then it send a commmand to convert the point cloud into a surface

Tom Kulaga wrote:

> From: Tom Kulaga <tkulaga@...>
>
> James P Crombie wrote:
> >I have been following this thread a bit and would be interested
> >in any results and willing to lend a hand in it. I am not much
> >use with programing and electronics, although I can follow a
> >circuit diagram and have built a CCD camera for my telescope. But
> >I am a machinist with lots of available machines to work with and
> >own a copy of Rhinocad. Aside from the mechanical part of the
> >arm you are going to need an interface box that can convert the
> >signals of the 4-6 encoders and either store the points for
> >export to rhino or have a little program that will introduce the
> >points to rhino as they are taken. There are several little
> >programs that people have designed for Rhino like the calculator
> >add-on Rhinolator. It can generate a group of random points and
> >then send them to Rhino and make a surface from them. With the I/O
> >toolkit available for Rhino I guess that a knowledgeable person
> >could make up the interface program( but that not me :-)
>
> The interface is covered, don't worry about that. I was interested
> in something else you said though. Is it possible in import a series
> of points into Rhino and have them assembled into a solid? If so,
> could you pass along the file format info? Gathering the points is
> easy enough, but I was concerned about what to do with them when I
> was done. If I can just store them into a text file, we're in
> business. Well, after I slap together an arm to experiment with, and
> write the software, and buy the parts for a 6-axis encoder board,
> and... and... :)
>
> -Tom Kulaga
>
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