On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 10:55 PM John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Chris, > So to summarize your reply. > When you draw using a PC rather than the back of an envelope you use > Windows > and Fusion360. > Yes I use Fusion but the last Windows I used was Windows 95. I use Fusion on a Mac. > For CAM the Fusion360 generated STL files can be changed to G-Code by Cura > or Repetier for your 3D printer. > Yes. I user Cura on the Mac. then literally walk the SD card from the Mac to the printer. Going to change that so the printer can pull files from a Synology NAS server. This means adding a Raspberry Pi to the printer. Will at the sometime add a web-cam to the printer so I can check progress using my iPhone. Some printer can take 6 or even 8 hours. > For CAM and LinuxCNC (I'm assuming since you are on this list you use > LinuxCNC) does Fusion360 generate the G-Code? Or is there something else > inbetween. > Fusion can generate g-code for lathes and mills up to 5-axis. It gives pretty good control of the tool path. there are lots or parameters and you change them and can see how it changes the path. You sometimes also write G-Code directly. > No. I cut and past a few lines of boiler plat now and then. The problem with wring-code is that it is machine specific. Does that cover what _you_ do? > Almost. What I want and am looking for is a kind of conversational system where I can walk up to the mill and use it for something simple with no need for g-code. I'm going back and forth on what would be best. But my first try will be a hand held box with a control wheel and an LCD screen and so buttons. It can completely by-pass LCNC > > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
