Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Parabola via CNC?

On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, dave engvall wrote:

> Tom Benedict wrote:
>
> > Have I done this? No, so unfortunately I can't help you directly. Am I
> > planning to? Yes, but not for parabola, so expect me to be asking
> > questions about this later. ;)
> >
> > Tom
>
> I've played with this kind of thing and 2nd order polynomials... but
> didn't have a machine to test against. Used a simple program in C.
> Probably can'f find the source code by now. I'm way too procedural to
> do neat things like perl.
>
> I may have reasons to test this kind of stuff in the next few months.

You know, this would be a neat job for JavaScript. Have a web page where
you enter the parameters for the curve of your choice, hit the
"Go" button, and wind up on a web page with G-code. Hmmm! I may have
just found a reason to learn JavaScript!

Tom