Re: Gcode Comments displayed
hello i have been using coments some time, but after a while i figured out that those ones that know what to do don't need coments, and those that are at the begining, even if they read coments, is still useless ....
is like labels, or recipies, or instructions ...
is more important to make the operator aware of a situation when it ( may potentialy ) arrives, rather than explicitly telling him what to do on a boring routine, and from that perspective, a few years ago, most of my coments changed to M0 ( do something ), or M0 ( you know what to do ) , haha and it worked, and also, in time, it developed, like nowadays, those message are really awesome, and sometimes they are used to chat between operatos from different shifts, and so on
i personally like to use latin or spanish, even if i don't know those languages, but trust me, the effect is really nice ...
i started that initiative and feedback, after years, become very good, and now, reading/writing coments is a fun chalange / kindly
ps : as for those comments that really matter, actually the common aproach is faulty, becuase most cam software spits comments inside the program file, while vital information should not be containend inside program file, and also, it may not be only text ... auxialary information, and it's simplicity and ease of use by operators, is more important than the program ... this is easy to say, but it requieres work to achieve templates and trasability, etc
at some point, is easy to scan the file and extract whatever data from it, but most importnat is to have that ability at the controller with as less heystrokes as possible, and, even more important, is to automatize that
just be creative, think outsisde the box / kindly
HI Ken , sounds like you are looking for one of the Holy Grails of CNC machining. Collision avoidance
that's on my 2do list ... hope to find time to finish it
mountaindew, that sounds wonderful but must be a lot of work to create models of all holder/vices/fixtures/etc
at first, there is time invested in preperatory work, but it should help future setups, as some definitions are pretty common between setups
but trick is that there are alternative to cam software, or to general 3d aproaches, like maybe someone that does simple / repetitive jobs really does wish for something simpler, yet effective, to do what he wishes in it's own way, and nothing more, no fancy long useless learning curves, etc
Ladyhawke - My Delirium, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_bFO1SNRZg