[Noisebridge-discuss] CNC Shop Class

[Seth David Schoen]

Jonathan Foote writes:

> > OK, it definitely simulated milling something!  How would I get it to
> > simulate our machine in particular?
> 
> That's great, thanks Seth, I will wikitize your steps.
> 
> There's actually nothing machine-specific that you need at this point:
> your UI will look pretty much exactly what we have now.
> 
> We will likely get to tool configuration  and accurate X,Y,Z hard
> limits but for now you are good to go!
> 
> For a sanity check, try simulating a run of the NB logo gcode from
> here: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Identity

That also ran perfectly in the simulator.  If you want, I can make a
typescript of the exact commands I typed to compile the simulator (but I
think the emc2 package is actually comparatively very well-behaved and
easy to compile compared to plenty of software out there).

This raises the question of what people working with this machine expect
the right, best, or typical workflow to be.  Do you mainly want

* the simulator working on the same machine in the shop that's used to
  control the mill?

* the simulator working on a separate dedicated machine at Noisebridge
  that people can use to simulate their projects before uploading them to
  that machine?

* the simulator working on lots of individuals' own computers?

Is getting this simulation working mainly a one-time thing or something
that many prospective users will want to replicate over and over again?

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