image to g-code problem

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01 Mar 2015 07:20 - 01 Mar 2015 07:21 #56365 by grey1beard
Just trying a quick experiment to see if a relatively simple method of producing the shape I want would work using the 'image to g-code' conversion.
however, it threw up the error shown in the screen grab attached. The thumbnail above the error window is the .jpg in question, and is designed to produce a dome with 24 ribs outside.
Any ideas as to getting this to work would be gratefully received.

John
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01 Mar 2015 07:32 #56366 by grey1beard
Replied by grey1beard on topic image to g-code problem
Perhaps the first question should have been "where do I find the ini file to see if the Filter has the required lines inserted or not.
I thought I had done this successfully before, but so long ago I've forgotten the details !

John

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01 Mar 2015 07:38 #56368 by dgarrett
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you probably need to
sudo apt-get install libtk-img

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01 Mar 2015 07:42 #56369 by BigJohnT
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Perhaps the first question should have been "where do I find the ini file to see if the Filter has the required lines inserted or not.
I thought I had done this successfully before, but so long ago I've forgotten the details !

John


Configuration files will be in /linuxcnc/config/name of your config

JT

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01 Mar 2015 17:26 #56375 by grey1beard
Replied by grey1beard on topic image to g-code problem
Hi dgarrett.
Did that, but no change, still the same error window.

Hi John,
Thanks, so I went there and found the [FILTER] entry as per the manual, so I went back to the actual error window and tried to understand its meaning.
I assume that a "module" is an entry that should be present, but where ?
Should it be in the .ini file, as above, or in .../git/linuxcnc/bin image-to-gcode file ?

John

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01 Mar 2015 17:43 #56376 by grey1beard
Replied by grey1beard on topic image to g-code problem
Just checked the image-to-gcode file and have copied the portion referred to here

def ui(im, nim, im_name):
import Tkinter
import ImageTk
import pickle
import nf

app = Tkinter.Tk()
rs274.options.install(app)
app.tk.call("source", os.path.join(BASE, "share", "axis", "tcl", "combobox.tcl"))


Hope that helps !

John

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03 Mar 2015 03:01 #56411 by grey1beard
Replied by grey1beard on topic image to g-code problem
Had brainwave. Took file on stick out to workshop and tried it on a working system rather than the sim axis on the laptop.
It seems to be working. Well, it's taking forever to process, but at least its loading.

20 minutes later it's still loading, so I'll scrub that and try something simpler first !

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03 Mar 2015 19:25 #56424 by grey1beard
Replied by grey1beard on topic image to g-code problem
Tried a simple dome.
That gave the same error window on my sim version, but worked ok in the workshop.
So I saved the gcode onto a stick, and brought it back to the house (warm !) and opened it up in sim axis ok.
Rather than spend time trying to get the sim to work by finding out what the difference is, I'll use this as a method for now.

If anyone could say what I need to do to rectify the problem, I'd still be very grateful.
John

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