RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: G-code---for the new millenium

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carol & Jerry Jankura [mailto:jerry.jankura@...]
>"Machinist's Basic" - This is one of the better ideas that I've seen on this
>board. ... Why not start with the basic language and add primitives
>to drive a motor? IMHO, although this might not be as "standard" as the APT
>that you're writing about, I think it would be more widely accepted.

No modifications to VBA are required, all you have to do is:
Define the objects and their interfaces (so the Basic programmer has a set of
objects, methods, and properties to work with)
Implement these objects in appropriate forms for what you want to accomplish
(generate GCode, general CL, drive a machine directly, ...)

I expect you would have some sort of "machine" object interface, which supports
methods like "FastMove(point)", "Move(point)", "Arc(endpoint, centerpoint)" etc.
and properties like "Location", "Tool" etc. This might represent a real
direct-driven machine, or a GCode generator, or...

If you want to be able to duplicate the functionality of APT (in terms of its
geometric calculation abilities) you would also need objects for Points, Lines,
Arcs (or Circles), ... with methods like Intersect and Offset.

Simple to describe, a lot of work to do....

>(Although, language bigot that I am, I'd prefer to see the same thing done
>in Pascal! :)

Since these would be COM objects, any language which has access to COM objects
could use them. You could use php in a web page to use them!

-Kevin