Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 13 April 2008, Ormund Williams wrote:
>On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 13:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> A list lurker, speaking up as I run EMC2 on a tabletop mill here.
>>
>> This seems like a neat idea Jesse, but can gerbv show 3D?  RS-274-D, from
>> NIST, as interpreted by late versions of EMC2, can describe 9 different
>> axis's & gerbv would seem to be at most a 2D display, possibly with
>> tightly spaced overlays that can be laid on or peeled off.
>
>Hi Gene
>
>The Gerber format was a subset of the real RS-274D standard and I've
>never seen any Z axis data in a gerber file.  gerbv can't show 3D
>images.

And in my case there is not only Z, but A too.

>> I'm currently setup to do 4 axis's, with the 4th being a "rotate the work
>> surface" using the X axis as the axle to turn on, although I can lay the
>> rotary table down and use it to present the end of the workpiece to the
>> cutter tool too.
>>
>> I'd be interested in seeing such a 3+D display, although my well aged mind
>> cannot well grasp how it might be done, let alone suggest how to do it.
>
>That "well aged mind" has contributed much to my meager wisdom as I try
>to design a circuit assembly robot, see you on the EMC list.

Thanks for the flowers, Ormund, I appreciate them.
>
>Regards
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