There's a new RoboFac, version 0.0.5, available on SourceForge.

RoboFac is open source software for controlling a hexapod (Stewart-Gough platform) for CNC machining.

This version adds lots of performance enhancements and new features, including a point cloud visualization mode.

The web page has a new look and some screenshots.
http://robofac.sourceforge.net

Simon Arthur

about the hexapod featured in the movie (http://robofac.sourceforge.net/video/robofac-reduced.mpg) on the robofac site, are there some more details available ? how big is it, what motors, etc etc ?

Motors are Pacific Scientific steppers, about 80 oz-in. In the video, the whole contraption is a little over 3 feet tall.

I'm working on a magazine article; that'll have more details. In the meantime, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

There's also a thread with more details in the CNC Wood Router Project Log section of this web site.

umm, maybe a stupid question but anyways:

on Win Xp, I have installed J2EE SDK 1.4, runtime environment 1.4.1, and Java 3D 1.3.1

when I type
java -jar RoboFac.jar
I get:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun/misc/Perf
at com.tinyplanet.robofac.Hexapod.<init>(Hexapod.java:447)
at com.tinyplanet.robofac.Application.main(Application.java:476)


am I still missing some libraries or packets ?

That is pretty masterful. I like what you've done with that. Props!

If I had your skills I'd be trying to make some kind of overunity generator. ;x

-Tony

If you're seeing the error

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun/misc/Perf

you'll need to upgrade your Java JDK to version 1.4.2 or newer.

Thanks Tony!