Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Windows 9x DRO software

Gary wrote:

>
> Thanks for the program William. The only thing I can think of that
> would be helpful, besides the suggestions already posted, would be
> the inclusion of Tom's excellent work with the supporting
> calculation software he included in his DRO+ code. If you feel a
> need to excercise more of your programming muscle, how about taking
> on the incorporation of Tom's DRO with a CAM (DESKNC or DANCAM)
> program. That would give all of us chipmakers a closed loop CNC
> system without the headaches still associated with EMC.

Well you're talking about a major undertaking here and I'm just
a Visual Basic amateur. Also Win 9X and VB don't make very
good platforms for CNC. Windows decides to do its house cleaning
whenever it feels like it. Not a good thing when you're trying
to control power tools with expensive tooling. Even if I could
do it, it would take a whole lot more time to put together an
inferior product than it took to get EMC running. My last install
was RH version 6.0 with a recent 2.2.13 EMC release and it took
about 1 hour. EMC has professional programmers that have been
working for years. Somehow, I don't think my effort would stand
up too well. Thanks for the vote of confidence though.


Oh, can

> you include the option of degrees of rotation for a rotary table in
> your modified code? That would be very nice.

This, I can probably do. Give me a few weeks, I've got vacation coming
up

Bill