I'm intrigued by the idea of generating tool paths as bezier splines in the host software with the reprap firmware natively operating on the splines, rather than G-Code. Researching that idea, I came across this excellent paper on optimising bezier tool paths:
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2245.pdf
Forgot to reference this wiki page that has loads more pre-thinking: http://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Elegant_multispline_motion_controller&oldid=23317
ReplyDeleteTruly, this article is really one of the very best in the history of articles. I am a antique ’Article’ collector and I sometimes read some new articles if I find them interesting. And I found this one pretty fascinating and it should go into my collection. Very good work! Arborist Tools
ReplyDelete