Limit limts the feed rate of the tool head, so that the stepper motors are not driven too fast and skip steps.
Operation
Settings
Maximum Initial Feed Rate
Maximum Z Feed Rate
Examples
Operation
The default 'Activate Limit' checkbox is on. When it is on, the functions described below will work, when it is off, the functions will not be called.
Settings
Maximum Initial Feed Rate
Default is one millimeter per second.
Defines the maximum speed of the inital tool head will move.
Maximum Z Feed Rate
Default is one millimeter per second.
If your firmware limits the z feed rate, you do not need to set this setting.
Defines the maximum speed that the tool head will move in the z direction.
Examples
The following examples limit the file Screw Holder Bottom.stl. The examples are run in a terminal in the folder which contains Screw Holder Bottom.stl and limit.py.
> python limit.py
This brings up the limit dialog.
> python limit.py Screw Holder Bottom.stl
The limit tool is parsing the file:
Screw Holder Bottom.stl
..
The limit tool has created the file:
.. Screw Holder Bottom_limit.gcode
> python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Sep 22 2007, 01:43:31)
[GCC 4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import limit
>>> limit.main()
This brings up the limit dialog.
>>> limit.writeOutput('Screw Holder Bottom.stl')
The limit tool is parsing the file:
Screw Holder Bottom.stl
..
The limit tool has created the file:
.. Screw Holder Bottom_limit.gcode
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__author__ = 'Enrique Perez (perez_enrique@yahoo.com)' __date__ = '$Date: 2008/28/04 $' __license__ = 'GPL 3.0' |
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