Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Conversational Programming and NAMES- very long!

Ron,

I, for one, am right behind what you say here but I fear that this is another project that will die on the list. It can only lead to more choice, and possibly confusion, in the CNC forum.

I hope that you keep this discussion on this list regardless of how technical it becomes. Most of the post will not be understood by a lot of its members but there is always the hope that some will rub off.

The distaste you have for the Windows Operating System, I sure, is shared by all that use computers for more than writing letters. The reality is that most of the computers that sit in homes around the world use this system. We need a program that is easy to use and will not take weeks of study, with little backup, to get to grips with it. After all it is about cutting material. To this end why is not possible for you to release the programming you have already written while the next generation is in gestation.

My workshop is still in the conversion stage with the hardware incomplete. Being an ACAD user the CAD/CAM option is the one that will be used even for one-offs. Even the cut-off saw will be controlled, probably via a stepper and PIC micro. However the facility to machine a figment of my imagination without a drawing does appeal, this was the way that things used to be manufactured in my workshop.

I have forwarded the body of your posting to FLASHCUT without including your email address.

Terry.



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