[Noisebridge-discuss] CNC Shop Class

[Seth David Schoen]

dpc writes:

> if you're running emc w/ ui etc. you should just be able to:
> 
>   - open one of the sample gcode files
>   - power the machine 'on'
>   - 'home' the various axes w/ some button
>   - 'run' the gcode. 
> 
> for most of the configurations there is a smaller window w/ an inverted
> cone representing the spindle (this is the default view). some of the
> machine configurations don't show this though (there is a cool hex-a-pod
> too in the distro).

OK, it definitely simulated milling something!  How would I get it to
simulate our machine in particular?

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