Right on Dave!
Glad to hear you're again working at it! Yeah, that's an interesting
page. Wish I'd seen it BEFORE I started on my code. Did you see the
files I posted for Demo1R?
I take it ToolPathPro is your program? I gotta come up with some better
program names!
Alan KM6VV
ph4appl wrote:
>
> Not easy by any stretch of the imagination. If anyone doesn't believe
> me, take a look at
>
> http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/studentwork/CESCG99/SKrivograd/
>
> This page describes some of the math involved with generating an
> outline or tool path.
>
> On a side note, I got ToolPathPro to compile this afternoon. I ran a
> sample DXF file through it and generated some rather interesting
> GCodes. I'll have some pics on my website shortly. The good news is
> that Alan has inspired me to keep on working on this thing. It can
> currently handle direct DXF export from TraxMakerPro and convert to
> GCode. I still need to work on the optimization algorithm, and forsee
> several weeks of coding, but it is in the works.
>
> Dave
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Well, I wouldn't say it's a "very simple program to write", right
> Dave?
> > I've seen the three Gerber files from TCi. Silk, component, and
> > solder. Both component (green) and solder (red) have traces and
> pads.
> > The silk (yellow) is component outline.
> > I only saw a few random blue and red lines when I loaded a TCi
> gerber
> > file into KCam. I suspect I have an old version. As long as I can
> > convert the files, I'll just run them through my own "process".
> >
> > Hay! If the cost is high, maybe I can sell an inexpensive converter
> > program!
> >
> > Alan KM6VV