RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC backplot

There are plenty of Windows backplot utilities already available. So if
the goal is to check your G-code I would suggest taking a look at what
exists. I use Discriminator from:
http://www.cncsimulator.com

Here is a freeware one that I have heard people mention they use:
http://www.cncsimulator.com


Tim
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> For a simple backplotter, I don't think you'd need to go to
> all the trouble
> of hacking EMC to run in a M$ environment. Parsing the G code
> file and
> converting it in to a format that can be plotted should be
> fairly trivial.
> Most programming languages that have a Draw or Plot function
> just require an
> end point coordinate. G code files already contain this
> information, so all
> that you'd need to do is to scale and shift the origin. Arcs
> would be the
> only part that would need any real work to plot.
>
> Regards, Paul.