Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC and Taig w/ MicroProto and DeskCNC

William - I most say I find it VERY difficult to follow you messages, it
seems that the 'quotes' are some how reworked to be almost impossible to
separate from your input.
Normally I would expect to see quoted text better identified :(

William Perun Sr wrote:

> All I am asking is, do I cut and paste the thousands of lines of G-
> code from VS-3D, or DeskCNC, or Mastercam into a EMC2 program, or
> does EMC2 somehow get the G-code file from a file folder on my
> desktop, that I somehow specify in my EMC2 program?

EMC2 will allow you to select a G-code file to load and then you can
align your machine and run that file. What will be needed is that the
G-code file contains movements that your machine will support, but that
is the same for any CNC system.

> Complex sculpting with VS-3D (Daniel Carr of Designs Computed,
> actually sculpted some of the state quarters that the US mint used
> as masters to coin the quarters) requires many thousands of G-code
> lines. Imagine after a few hours of machining with a high speed
> spindle, that the CNC software hick ups in the PC, and ruins the
> work piece, aaaaagh!!!! That's one reason I chose DeskCNC. As I
> mentioned KDN Tool and Designs Computed colaborated together to
> establish feasibility for running VS-3D G-code thru DeskCNC.

One of the reasons I'm looking at EMC2 myself. I don't trust Windows and
so I consider DeskCNC - while less reliant on Windows to move the
machine - it is still reliant on windows feeding the correct information
to the controller ;) Given the amount of time spend repairing machines I
just don't have any confidence on XP as a real time operating system NT4
was the last version we actually managed to pass 24/7 operation tests.

> Is EMC2 free for download? If there is a price to download EMC2,
> what is the web site url?

http://www.linuxcnc.org/
I have established that the current path is follow
http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=4&lang=en
A little more complex than the BDI install, but this gives a working
EMC2 system, while the self contained BDI version is still on EMC(1).
The documentation seems to expand every time I look, and it is all free
INCLUDING the operating system :)

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