Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] DeskNCRT

Tim,

I downloaded the beta of deskncrt. I have to say I'm also
disappointed in the user interface. The need to type in
whole words or phrases to do something is very clumsy.
The need to type 'run programname' every time you want to rerun
the same program is silly. There seems to be no way to change
feed rate without editing the progam file (no feedrate overide).

Let's hope the final product is a whole lot better than the beta.

Bob

At 06:54 PM 3/26/00 -0700, you wrote:

>From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
>OK, I couldn't resist trying the beta. It is available at:
>http://www.deskam.com/deskncrt.htm
>
>First, it uses the exact same pinouts as EMC so you can try it by just
>booting to DOS and the program is small enough that it will all fit on a
>floppy along with a DOS boot. I got my machine to move, but I am reserving
>judgment until I spend a little more time learning how to work the program.
>I will admit that it is pretty strange to have all the commands command line
>based. Looks like I will have to print up a cheat sheet to put by the
>keyboard. From my brief experience I think I will be staying with EMC as I
>definitely like the GUI interface as opposed to the DeskNCRT command line.
>Also I like in EMC being able to put it in MDI mode and just type in the
>moves as opposed to prefacing every line with mdi as DeskNCRT seems to want.
>
>If someone that has more experience with DeskNCRT can help me (Carl, are you
>on the list? or Dan), I am having a little difficulty understanding what the
>MAX_VELOCITY and DEFAULT_VELOCITY units are in?? In EMC they are units per
>second so 1 = 60 ipm. Here they seem to be in units per minute so 1 = 1 ipm.
>Is this correct?
>
>I would be interested in hearing what anyone else that has tried the beta
>thinks.
>
>
>Tim
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