Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bob La Londe Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Yet Another New Machine Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:09:38 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:09:39 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6bc0cbc30ba11623483bb0c10f1aef94"; logging-data="2463908"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19u0sEcbfHxLHFveMtyeBml" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:0wXic/tTPgyrURNnIGtZZOcZ/LY= Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 241106-12, 11/6/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 2765 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. -- Bob La Londe CNC Molds N Stuff -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com