Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CPNC Programming Resources

I have on and off been reading this thread and I have assumed it would be made
so it could be dropped into EMC as a separate menu or used free standing.

Basically, the user interface would be the same but with two output options:
EMC or...

Bertho
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Ray Henry wrote:

>
> My concern is that we unnecessarily limit CPNC by making decisions that
> narrow it's scope or flexibility.
>
> As a devil's advocate I could say that I'm a hobby machine operator and
> don't need hard and soft limits or accurate home, or soft-set paths around
> fixtures or holders. Why do I need tool numbers since I change them by hand.
>
> Once we settle on language(s), we really need to consider how CPNC fits
> into the total machine operating process, regardless of the complexity of
> the machine to which it is applied. In the mean time we need to keep
> separate the nc code from the machine operating code in our thinking.
>
> For example:
>
> 1 - If CPNC generates the rs232 serial code or the parport code, then we
> need a way to inject into that bitstream the other machine codes that are
> not a direct part of CPNC but are needed by the operator to run a FlashCut,
> EMC, or whatever's out there driven machine.
>
> 2 - Or we need to expand CPNC with machine specific stuff.
>
> 3 - Or we need to make provision to pass the CPNC generated code through
> some other gui/file/box that allows operator intervention and parsing of
> the CPNC code for the specific machine to which this other thing is connected.
>
> 4 - ?
>
> It's the vision thing. How does CPNC fit into the bigger picture? Or is
> CPNC the bigger picture?
>
> Ray
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