Needs a README file

[noahspurrier]

I have been unable to get the code to run offline. I cloned the hugomatic project and tried to run "gearing.py" and a few other scripts, but I was more or less just walking in the dark, unsure of where I was going. It would be helpful to have a short README file with a command-line example to point the user in the right direction.

Thanks for the code. I've been looking for a UI toolkit that will work offline as well as through a CGI. I hope I can get the examples working.

-- Noah

[hugomatic]

Hi Noah,

What a surprise to hear from you. The code is a prototype that has been
there for a while an I haven't heard from anyone in over 2 years now. On the
documentation side, I was planning a series of video tutorial but reality
caught up and I had to find a job. But if you think the code is useful I'd
be very happy to help you and use the occasion to create a bit of
documentation.

The scripts may not work on your machine if you don't have tkinter and idle,
which are provided with Python but are not installed by default on every
platform anymore (I developed it on Ubuntu with EMC and a Sherline mill but
I tested it on windows and it works online (http://machinetouch.appspot.com
).

Please let me know a bit more about you so I can help you better:

• What kind of machine do you have? (I have a small CNC Sherline mill
  with rotary table and lathe)
• Are you using EMC or something else?
• If using EMC, did you configure it for executing python?
• Do you want to create your own scripts or simply use the generators as
  it is?
• Do you plan to publish your gcode on Gogle App Engine (free) or to host
  it somewhere else?
• Do you know python? Do you simply want to use existing scripts?
• Do you require the graphic visualisation?

Finally, if you tell me a bit about your current needs I'm sure I can help
you out better. For example, the gearing code (
http://machinetouch.appspot.com/gear.py) requires you to have a rotary table
and a gear cutter. Do you have one?

thanks for the interest,
Hugo

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:34 PM, noahspurrier <
[email protected]>wrote:

I have been unable to get the code to run offline. I cloned the hugomatic
project and tried to run "gearing.py" and a few other scripts, but I was
more or less just walking in the dark, unsure of where I was going. It would
be helpful to have a short README file with a command-line example to point
the user in the right direction.

Thanks for the code. I've been looking for a UI toolkit that will work
offline as well as through a CGI. I hope I can get the examples working.

-- Noah

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:
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[hugomatic]

Have you tried running the scripts like this:

python gearing.py

this should work as long as you have python, tkinter and idle (the python
eeditor) installed.

hugo

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:34 PM, noahspurrier <
[email protected]>wrote:

I have been unable to get the code to run offline. I cloned the hugomatic
project and tried to run "gearing.py" and a few other scripts, but I was
more or less just walking in the dark, unsure of where I was going. It would
be helpful to have a short README file with a command-line example to point
the user in the right direction.

Thanks for the code. I've been looking for a UI toolkit that will work
offline as well as through a CGI. I hope I can get the examples working.

-- Noah

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:
#1

[mariusl]

Hi Hugo
And another two years later someone is having problems getting the offline stuff to run. I would really like to make use of your software but I am not sure that my directory structure is correct. I have the various programs installed under /myname/my_programs/hugomatic/web/cncOnline-master.
Is this correct as I get a 404 /index.py not found.
If I run it manually like you suggested above, it does not get the packages.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gearing.py", line 23, in
import hugomatic.code
ImportError: No module named hugomatic.code