On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 05:34:12 PM Fox Mulder did opine: > Am 23.01.2012 01:23, schrieb gene heskett: > > Greetings all; > > > > I just ran it and had it generate a bunch of stuff I copied to the > > mill, and I recall seeing a checkmark in the setup menu that asked if > > I wanted the bottom flipped y instead of x. So I left it unchecked, > > expecting to see the bottom was then reversed left-right in the > > output, but it is not reversed. > > > > Bug, or something else I didn't do such as establishing a reference > > mark on the bottom layer with eagle? Which I would assume would be > > at the right front corner after the board was turned over? This is > > with 0,0,0 being established on the left front corner by continuity > > between the board sitting in HDPE and the machine frame. > > I tried it and it worked as expected. Without this option checked the > board is reversed left-right and with it checked it is reversed up-down. > You can see in the attached screenshots the output of pcb-gcode and it > is the same as in linuxcnc. > > Ciao, > Rainer
Hi Rainer; I found someplace, I believe it was in eagle, where I had a check mark that wasn't supposed to be, so that is now working as expected. As far as the offsets being negative, an added G92 X2.195 (the length of the pcb in inches) at the top of the file before the first move corrects that, and a G92.1 at the bottom then restores it for the next run, so I am solving problems. The drill files I expect are going to want a different tool.tbl than the etch files, so I am running through things, carving air with the motors off, and trying to obtain a list of the tools it expects on a per file basis, nowhere near done with that. Then I need to get cracking on the gage, which I just realized is going to need a 2nd method because when the drill chuck is mounted, its about 4.5" longer than when a #2 morse collet is in the spindle, so that is likely going to need a re-think, probably by mounting the gage to the table and using an offset tool change position so its sitting over the gage when I change drill bits. The bot.drill needs 5 changes for instance. But we're making progress, slowly as I spent part of the day looking a newer pickups, my 99 GMC has the warped head filling the pan with antifreeze syndrome, we drained about 2 gallons of jelled 50/50 out of it yesterday. Between 7 grand worth of rust, and 5 grand for a reman engine, I am tempted to change the year on the title to something in the 2005+ range for another 5Gs. Plays hell with the bank balance & spoils my plan to buy a Grizzly G4003G anytime soon. I think this is making haste, slowly. :) Keeps me out of the bars though. :-) Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> A bug in the hand is better than one as yet undetected. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
