Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Yeager Automation CNC PRO software?????

I have a question .
Could someone who knows how make some of the updates that CNCpro so
badly needs as long as they were only available to those who have a
current copy of the program ( due to the fact that Doug is totally
disinterested in his creation but still gladly takes the cash )

Ron

Alan Rothenbush wrote:

>On Wednesday 17 November 2004 10:36, Russ Waters wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all, are there any users of CNC Pro software in the group, and if so,
>>tell me what you think of there software. I need it to run cnc three axis
>>router system, would prefer a DOS controller.... that is easy to set up,
>>no bells or whisles required!
>>
>>Note, I tried Turbocnc, to many parameter, bugs, ect.... need more of a
>>professional controller software program.....
>>
>>
>
>I bought CNCPro a number of years ago and have been completely happy with it
>(with but a single glitch .. more later).
>
>But I'm a Windows SysAdmin at work that does most of his Windows
>administration using a Linux box (much to the bemusement of my boss).
>
>So I've tried, off and on, to use either Mach2 or EMC, being absolutely
>comfortable in the environment of either. In fact, there are three CNC
>machines in the shop, all with their own PC, all triple booting either DOS or
>Linux or Windows.
>
>But I still haven't been able to mentally replace CNCPro when it comes time to
>actually MAKE something .. there's lots of _playing_ going on with the other
>two, but when there's a genuine part to be made, DOS/CNCPro is always what I
>boot.
>
>I admit that part of my prejudice comes from the fact that I'm a keyboard
>kinda guy and I simply don't want to be messing around with a mouse in my
>shop .. all flat surfaces are in use <G> and grease-free surfaces are really
>not an option.
>
>So, I'm currently undertaking the task of learning Tk/Tcl in the hope of
>writing/modifying the EMC interface for ALL keyboard use, and if that ever
>happens, EMC might well be my choice.
>
>But until then, CNCPro it is.
>
>Now the glitch. When one tries to open a file containing GCode (you know, to
>make a part), they get a list of files, sorted ABSOLUTELY RANDOMLY. I have
>not, in the five years or so that I've been using the program, been able to
>determine ANY logic to the manner in which the files are displayed, EXCEPT
>that the most recently modified file (the one you probably want to load) is
>usually (but not always) at the end of the list.
>
>Other than that, though, I've been pretty happy.
>
>My two cents.
>
>
>Alan
>
>
>

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Ron Kline

American Precision Ceramics



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