[Fwd: Laser digitizer]

Guys,
For those who are interested, I emailed Bruce Clark about his laser
digitizer project and here is his response.

Iain


Bruce wrote:

>
> Mr. Ward,
>
> Sorry that I have not responded sooner, but I was on vacation for two
> weeks--in your neck of the woods and the weather could not have been
> greater!
>
> As for my "endevor", YES, it has been pretty successful. There are still a
> few things that I want to change, but the basics are down and works pretty
> well. Right now, the only version I have is the DOS version and I have been
> making quite a few changes to that version, including DXF output, X,Y,Z
> points and started (but have not finished) STL text output.
>
> I have started on the windows version before the summer, but WORK has gotten
> in the way of my programming efforts and that has stalled. I hope to pick
> up where I left off in the not too distant future.
> Hopefully, I will have something running by November. Once I get the
> windows version to the same level as the DOS version, I hope to add a few
> more features including a visual update along with some more output formats.
>
> As for the future, that remains unknown. It may end up being a shareware or
> maybe Larken may take an interest in it. The project was really for my
> personal use and the commercial side is a secondary interest. As I posted
> on the Larken group, anybody who BUYS a Aculux Laseranger is welcome to use
> a "beta" of the DOS program. It is setup mainly for a Larken CNC router,
> but I put enough flexability in there so it would work with just about any
> step and direction router, provided it has a few basic items and similar
> step requirements--if you have a machine that uses Gecko drives, it meets
> half the requirements as the other is that is MUST have limit switches in
> the home direction for all three axis.
>
> Hope this answers some of your questions. If not, let me know and I will
> answer them as best as I can. Also, I have a DXF of a sign that I "scanned"
> in with my software/machine. It is still VERY large (over 1meg compressed)
> but I would be happy to email that if your are interested.
>
> Bruce Clark
>