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 Will, 
About blending, 
currently I am testing the trajectory planner on a 
machine to 
do plotting with relative high speeds. 
Due to the current blending algorithm there are 
large errors at 
the corners. Without blending the motion is really 
not smooth. 
( Cad generated pieces of lines). 
If it is possible to start blending the next 
move not at, but after deceleration has started, 
these errors would be much less. 
The speed in the corners would slow down, but not 
stop, still having relative  
smooth motion.  
(even better would be a third order profile instead 
of the current second order, 
but thats for later). 
I know that on european NC controllers like 
Heidenhain and Philips, 
You can specify the distance from the endpoint of a 
move where blending is allowed 
to start. This distance is specified with a 
G-Code. 
This would be a great improvement for the 
trajectory planner. 
My guess is that for a person who understands the 
mathematics this 
should not be that hard to implement, is 
it? 
Bert 
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