Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: digitizer arm?

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:56:55 -0000, you wrote:

>--- 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!
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>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.

3ds and dxf file specs are available on the web. You might want to
consider going that way. I think that there was some talk about point
cloud to dxf programs existing...

Harvey

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