From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 11/6/2024 4:11 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vgg8a7$26lt0$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > On 11/5/2024 6:53 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >>> So is it a compiler?  ... No I think its best described as a   
   >>> specialized interpreter.   
   >   
   >   
   >> I simply wondered if CAD systems typically generated readable and   
   >> editable G code.   
   >   
   > Ready for it?   
   >   
   > No.  Cad generates pretty pictures.  CAM generates g-code (or other code   
   > possibly).   
   >   
   > ------------------   
   > The electronic design CAD systems I'm familiar with could export the   
   > line vectors and properties or circuit connections behind the pretty   
   > pictures in an ASCII text file that the CAM program from another company   
   > with different expertise could accept, sometimes after tweaking. The   
   > text file format was different from G or Gerber code but the two could   
   > be related, element by element.   
   >   
   > Have you tried Notepad++?   
   >   
   > Sorry if I don't know all the proper CAD or CAM terms. I sketch parts on   
   > paper as I learned in Jr High when my antique machines were new and   
   > don't have even a DRO on them.   
   >   
      
      
   I've played with Notepad++ a few times.  I like it for searching out   
   code phrases/blocks in php scripts for "repairs" and mods.   
      
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