Re: gEDA-user: Enhancements for gEDA/pcb G-code export

[Markus Hitter <mah@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 22.10.2010 um 20:55 schrieb Alberto Maccioni:

> Can you please describe the changes and the problems you experienced?

There were no real problems other than the produced G-code is a bit  
too enhanced for primitive G-code interpreters. Most of the patches  
introduce enhancements, like optional usage of G-code variables or a  
pre-drilling feature.

To make things simple for me, here are the subjects of the currently  
15 patches, most of them have 20 to 30 line changes:

HID-gcode: let the system library allocate the temporary file.
HID-gcode: Avoid more than one G or M code per line.
HID-gcode: make use of MAXPATHLEN.
HID-gcode: get rid of tabulators in gcode.c. Pure whitespace change.
HID-gcode: create better file names.
HID-gcode: add a flag wether to use variables in G-code.
HID-gcode: switch from tool-radius to tool-diameter in the user  
interface.
HID-gcode: add a comment about the tool diameter into the G-code file.
HID-gcode: simplify code a bit.
HID-gcode: introduce a flag on wether to use a drill cycle for drilling.
HID-gcode: don't close the mill file before the drill file is written.
HID-gcode: postpone writing of the overall mill distance until the
HID-gcode: split variable_depth.
HID-gcode: finally, add predrilling.
HID-gcode: enhance accuracy of the distance report for the drill file.

I'll try to upload them to Sourceforge.

Next features on my personal wishlist would be to add tool changes  
and/or file splits for different drill diameters, different feedrates  
for approach/isolation mill/drill, feedrate fields in the user  
dialog, and some option to mill outlines.


Markus

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