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From: Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
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Subject: Re: Yet Another New Machine
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:09:38 -0700
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On 11/6/2024 4:11 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vgg8a7$26lt0$1@dont-email.me...
> 
> On 11/5/2024 6:53 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>> So is it a compiler?  ... No I think its best described as a 
>>> specialized interpreter.
> 
> 
>> I simply wondered if CAD systems typically generated readable and 
>> editable G code.
> 
> Ready for it?
> 
> No.  Cad generates pretty pictures.  CAM generates g-code (or other code
> possibly).
> 
> ------------------
> The electronic design CAD systems I'm familiar with could export the 
> line vectors and properties or circuit connections behind the pretty 
> pictures in an ASCII text file that the CAM program from another company 
> with different expertise could accept, sometimes after tweaking. The 
> text file format was different from G or Gerber code but the two could 
> be related, element by element.
> 
> Have you tried Notepad++?
> 
> Sorry if I don't know all the proper CAD or CAM terms. I sketch parts on 
> paper as I learned in Jr High when my antique machines were new and 
> don't have even a DRO on them.
> 


I've played with Notepad++ a few times.  I like it for searching out 
code phrases/blocks in php scripts for "repairs" and mods.

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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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