Rotary view

Still at work and its only 10.58 :S

there is no need to reboot the pc every time, after you edit you .ini file just restart linuxcnc.

ok, at home at last, loooooong day.
so in the [DISPLAY] section of my ini file
i have
GEOMETRY = axyz

and i get this on my preview screen

from you ini file that you have posted somewhere else, looks like you are using a different version than mine, 2.8 and i am using 2.7

i would try to change

[KINS]
JOINTS = 4
KINEMATICS = trivkins coordinates=XYZA

[KINS]
JOINTS = 4
KINEMATICS = trivkins coordinates=AXYZ

That's great for you, I would be very happy with that.
Thanks for taking the time to show me it does actually work.
I am still no nearer achieving it, pretty sure I have have changed the necessary but still have the same view.
I installed on another pc and have same again, must be something I am doing wrong.



If I zoom in very close I can see some lines but not enough to make out what I want.



Ah well off to work and have another look later, if anyone can see what's wrong in my .ini file I would be grateful cheers.

It keeps showing my test .ini file from the old setup.
This is the current one I am using.

one more thing, can you give the gcode you are trying so i can try it on my machine?

got my setup working with hints from here: forum.linuxcnc.org/forum/20-g-code/27169...s-on-cylinders#40497

Yes I have seen that too and tried it with no success. Thanks for the input.
I am off to bed now I'll chuck a file up tomorrow after work. Would love you to try it and like to see a screen shot of how you view it.
Cheers.

Solved I don't know how or why it didn't work before but all I have done is to add the line
GEOMETRY = AXYZ
To the display section of the .ini file and I now have the view I was looking for.
I am sure I had done this previously but this time it worked and I am so happy.
Thanks for your help and good luck to you all.

Looks like I got here too late. But GEOMETRY is the place you need to make the changes.

You might find this interesting, G-code to engrave numerals directly:
forum.linuxcnc.org/forum/20-g-code/27169...numbers-on-cylinders