.plt too .ngc

thanks for the lenk.
i downloaded it to xp
on my home computer.
i'l try it tomoro in linux.

i thank i found a way to get around the
problum with the dxf file from
vmp.
i design in vmp export to corel 9
as a .ai then export it to a 3.5".

with this converter i can take it to
emc2 as a .ngc

i may have jumped the gun a littiebet.

i managed to get the .ngc file to the
cnc computer but i can't find a way to get
the file into emc2.
there as no emport that i can find.

i cant find the flash drive or the 3.5" drive
that will let me open the file.

aney suggestions?

If you have saved the file as an .ngc and have it on your EMC2 computer.

In EMC2 go to

File

Open

Navigate to the location of your file and click on it.

then

click

Open

or just double click on the file.

Rick G

I have never managed to find the path to a flash drive in the LinuxCNC file "Open" Dialog.

If you are using the Ubuntu system as installed from the CD, the default action when a USB stick is inserted is to mount it.

A temporary directory whose name is either the volume name or the device name is created in /media and it is mounted on that.

An icon is created on the desktop with the same name and unless you have changed it, the file manager pops up showing you the contents.

To find it from Axis, which indeed has a very basic FileOpen dialog, drop down the Directory combo-box and select /
Then select media from the folders in the root directory and your stick will be in it under that temporary name.

If you have changed the gnome system for another as I have, then you need to mount the stick explicitly in /mnt say and open it from there.

It is usually faster and less hassle to copy the files across as Andy says, not least because you will not be able to un-mount the stick until L-CNC is closed if you read directly from it and there is always the danger of corrupting the original rather than a copy.

regards

I have never managed to find the path to a flash drive in the LinuxCNC file "Open" Dialog.

Really?

I normally transfer the files from the usb first, but you can select them from a usb drive by

Go to Open

Go to the right upper corner hit the button to go up the directory tree till you get the top /

Then select

media

Then select your usb drive

Navigate to your file.

Rick G

you don't know how mutch i appreciste all your help.

is there a program in windows that will do the same
as emc2 (free)?

i can run my cnc programs in windows xp but not in linux.

linux may as well be ritten in chinees for somone with
only a therd grade education.

what litt i know about a computer i learned the hard way.
(witch is not very mutch)

but i will give it a try and see what hapons.
i will let you know if i get aney where with it.

thanks agan for all your help.

Many people do their design work in Windows, save the files and then run them on a Linux computer using EMC2.

Good luck.

Rick G

i know it can be dun.
i just can't seem to rap this empte
head around how to do it.

i haven't had a chancy to try
the steeps you gave me a day or so ago.

i'll try to get to it tomorrow if i'm not to sick.

i'll let you know how it turns out.