Re: digitizer arm?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Kichman"
<billkichman@c...> wrote:

> Holy cats, I contacted a sales rep, who called me back a short

while ago,

> these things are $3500 list price!
> For a few cheap rotary encoders, simple framework, glue electronics

and

> interface software, that sure is steep!
> I guess if they were sold like PC game joysticks, they'd be

cheaper...

Thats EXACTLY what I was thinking. And thats about the least
expensive model. The realy fancy laser stuff can run a few hundred
thousand bucks!

The hardware looks to be VERY simple to work out, its just the
interface to the software that would give me trouble. I can do some
AVR programming and could even generate a 3d co-ordiante all in the
microcontroller, but geting it from there into 3dsMax is what I not
sure about.
I'd be happy to just generate one point at a time and a build a
polymesh that way. I'm building 3d game models mostly and dont need
or want a gazillion Verticies, just whats needed.