Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff....

On 17 May 2005, at 12:16 pm, Mark wrote:

> So, would this be sorta like GENGCODE, or GCODEGEN, two programs
> that have come before? One of which has a yahoo group?

I can't find a project called GcodeGen but GenGcode looks very
different to what CS is trying to do. With CS's system you describe
the machining operation by writing Pascal code. Probably not very
attractive to a non-programmer, but it can theoretically be extended
to generate code to perform any operation your machine is capable of.
It's just a SMOP [1] ;) GenGcode appears to be a collection of easy
to use GUI 'wizards' that allow you to generate code to perform a few
common operations such as pocket milling.

[1] http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/S/SMOP.html

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