Question: Vertical Lathes and Graphics View Alignment?

[Viking_Machinery]

Hi Guys!

I've been building lathes for vertical turning of high voltage insulators for a few years now. Was running Mach, but on the latest one have gone with the Acorn (not my first Acorn project, but my first vertical lathe with one).

Here's a video showing an old one running on Mach:

I'm wondering if it's possible to rotate the graphics view to match a vertical lathe configuration? I'm also modifying the VCP to suit, and am not sure if I can use the Offline simulator with a custom VCP (I've got the dongle for full features in offline) - does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks all,

James

[cnckeith]

Offline Intercon can display the VCP, but the VCP functions require a PLC program which resides on the Acorn Board, so the VCP will not work in offline but will display (still useful for testing out custom graphical element when building a customer VCP), when not being connected to an Acorn board. I have an Acorn board on my desk for this reason, so i can run the full functioning version of CNC12/Intercon/VCP for testing/customizing.

[cnckeith]

yes on the graphics, simply tell CNC12/Wizard you are working with a vertical lathe.

[cnckeith]

[cnckeith]

please post some photos of the machine and retrofit upgrade process would like to see what you are working on!

[Viking_Machinery]

Great, thanks Keith!

I'll post a proper build thread when everything is done, but here's a sneak peak:

[Viking_Machinery]

Okiedokie - I've figured out how to view a custom VCP in the emulator. A bit of a head scratch until I realised that I just needed to overwrite the default (couldn't find an option for custom skins in the VCP without the wizard).

I'm running into some trouble getting my logo files to fit the grid format though. I'm seeing a lot of 'dead space' around the logo. I've opened in Ink Scape and the borders look good, and the file displays correctly in a word document (without the dead space).
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? .SVG files attached below.



I found another video of an old Mach powered machine running for those who are interested (in the google photos album below)

[cnckeith]

your simple logo contains a bitmap with a large frame around it.
best to use only vectors.
what font are you using?
simple to type out the viking name and convert font to outlines.

[cnckeith]

i recreated your logo, please find attached.

here is what it looks like on my vcp.

[cnckeith]

you can control the size of the logo (they way it appears in the space) by putting in an invisible rectangle in the svg file that is a little larger than the logo itself. the vcp will then use that invisible rectangle to fit in the space (effectively sizing the logo).

example

and the file used in that image is attached.