Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Newbie trying to help others make sense of it all

currinh@... wrote:

> Ray:
>
> On 12 Aug, Ray wrote:
> >
> > Since you have access to linux already you probably know this. You will
> > also need to install or compile a NMT or RTAI real-time linux kernel rather
> > than using a standard Linux kernel.
> >
> Can I install EMC on a non-real time linux machine only to run the .sim
> to verify and backplot g-code? I'd like to verify the EMC code on my
> office machine before taking it to the shop.

Sure. If you have a Linux system running, you should be able to download
a sim-only version of EMC ready to run on your system.

There are some Windows machine emulators and toolpath verifiers that
should accept pretty much the same flavor of G-code as EMC.

Jon