On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 11:27 -0400, John Domville wrote: > I have muddled through all that was necessary to get Engrave-11.py on > my LINUX machine. I installed QCAD so I > > Would not only have the fonts but the dedicated hard path to their > location in the script. I can run the program > > Thru a terminal window but see only a “save to clip board” option as a > output. > Hi John, The engraving program is smart enough to know if its being run as an axis input filter or directly as a standalone program. The save to clipboard button will generate and copy all the gcode to the system clipboard. If you have another window open with an editor (gedit,vim etc) you can use the edit/paste option to copy the gcode into the editor file window. This is quite useful when doing multiple engraving strings like on a front panel for a project. With multiple pastes, you will have to do a little cleanup as the included subroutine(s) should only be defined once in a gcode file.... as well, if you have defined preamble and postamble on the engraving screen, this is only needed once in a gcode file.
To get engrave to work as an axis input filter you need to follow the instruction in section 10 of the link below... http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_EMC_G-Code_Generators When you open engrave11.py from within axis, it should pop open a similar window to the standalone version except it also gets a button that passes off the gcode and returns to axis. Have fun. LawrenceG > > > How do I use this “clipboard” to get it into AXIS? > > > > Running AXIS and trying to “open” engrave-11.py does > not work. After I select the file in the open menu, AXIS just sets > > There. No indication that it was loaded. No changes in the prior G > Code window of AXIS. > > > > John – Elmira NY > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ===================================================================== Lawrence Glaister VE7IT mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1462 Madrona Drive Nanoose Bay, B.C. http://members.shaw.ca/swstuff Canada V9P 9C9 http://gspy.sourceforge.net ===================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
