Gerald,
Unfortunately I don't know (aka have avoided like the plaque) VB. Is it the same as VBA? I'm a bit old to learn new languages (I'm struggling with Italian at present, having put Chinese on indefinite pause), unless they are seriously simple scripting like shopbot. I'll look into it, but I guess that whatever language you use, it must interact with windows.
Mike,
Trouble is, what I like to do is stand at the console next to my benchtop and put in the numbers as I go - sometimes 2 sets in succession for the same setup. Partfiles I build on a separate computer in my teeny office. I have a second horizontal motor on my Z for tennoning, horizontal pocketing etc, and I only use this with such interactives. To build partfiles for such a setup would be beyond most simple software and my teeny brain.

R.

Ralph, I'm out of my depth here! Looked at the Mach discussion forum a bit more and it would appear that VBA is also being used? Wonder if the actually language really matters - maybe Italian will do? http://www.mechmate.com/Forum/clipart/happy.gif

Thanks.
I only said VBA because it is included with wordperfect (my wp). Ill have a look.

ciao

(:

Ralph,
Using Google's "define: vba" feature, I found this:

VBA is "An abbreviation for Visual Basic for Applications, the official name of which is "Visual Basic, Applications Edition." VBA is Microsoft's common application programming (macro) language for Access, Excel, Project, and the Visual Basic programming environment."

Somewhere, way in the past, I looked at it for a few weeks when I was looking at various methods to connect to and extract data from databases.

Here is something that Art posted on his forum today:

"Shopbot camp was very interesting and has led to a few ideas and a few code
correction plans.....Seeing the shobot in operation gave me a few hints about a few things that need to be done.."

I was at the Kansas Camp and met Art. I would like to add "hold on to your hat" we have not seen anything yet. Mach3 Rocks! This group is motivated and full of ideas. I think Art spends over 12 hours a day working on his program. It is only going to get better for everyone.