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tbfleming / jscut

In-browser CAM package
http://jscut.org
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Show me dimensions of everything #56

Closed Harvie closed 7 years ago

Harvie commented 7 years ago

I have imported SVG and then i set px per inch. That should be enough to show me how big will the picture be in real life... Maybe have some tool to check distance between two points in SVG... And after generating G-code we should also be able to compute total dimensions of it.

Something like ugs-platform does. It's super useful to check if dimensions are about sane in code:

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Right now i have to export g-code, check dimensions in ugs and then do another export if i need to fix something... I also think it should separately count negative and positive Z dimensions. Because stuff under Z0 is usualy what is actually being cut, while stuff over Z0 is just safety margin and moving over the stock. BTW this should also work when WebGL support is not available...

tbfleming commented 7 years ago

LaserWeb4 is jscut's successor. It supports this, but requires WebGL to function.

http://cncpro.co/

Harvie commented 7 years ago

LaserWeb4 is for laser cutters. Doesn't seem to be suitable for my milling machine...

tbfleming commented 7 years ago

LW4 is for a variety of machines; its name is historical from when it used to only support lasers. Look through the postings at https://plus.google.com/communities/115879488566665599508 ; you'll see examples where people used it for lasers, CNC routers, and some esoteric things like a motorized etch-a-sketch.

To enable milling machine support, turn on Settings -> Application -> Enable CNC Mode.

Harvie commented 7 years ago

So should i take jscut as officialy dead project? I am not really happy with LW4, and i prefer jscut. But i don't see the point why you're still accepting new issues, if you are not willing to continue with development...

nsiatras commented 7 years ago

I have to agree. I also prefer JSCut to LW. It is a better software for easy CNC operations.

Harvie commented 7 years ago

@nsiatras hey baby! wanna fork? :)

nsiatras commented 7 years ago

Wish I could. I am running a few heavy weight projects at the moment so no time for the community.