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

One of the neat things I found with APT was the many ways it had
for describing geometry. Things like a circle with a given radius
which is tangent to two lines, line through a point tangent to a
circle, etc. These might make a good addition to your scripting
language.

Drew

Codesuidae wrote:

> D Cranston wrote:
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>>Look at www.cncfocus.com I have no connection, but would like
>>to use APT to generate G Code where SheetCAM doesn't cover it and I'm to
>>cheap to buy a 3D CAM system
>>
>
> Thanks for the link, looks like an interesting application. Very
> similar in concept to what I am doing, although judging from the
> screenshot on their website, the language itself is not all that much
> more friendly than gcode. Although biased from my daily use of it, I
> think a more general purpose script language similar C or Pascal is
> easier to read. A matter of what one is used to, to be sure. I look
> forward to exploring their application.
>
> cs