Requirements for 3D probe

[TassyJim]

Hi and thank you for a great product.
I have only just started with CNC's so I have had a lot of learning to do.
Autoleveler has allowed me to produce some nice boards much faster than I thought I was going to.

I started with an old XP PC for the MACH3 machine so I was not surprised when I couldn't show the 3D.

I have since updated to a reasonably modern W7 machine but still no hardware support for 3D!

What are the requirements for 3D displays of the probes?

In the meantime, I wrote a simple viewer that takes the probe file and displays the errors in a 2D grid.
You are welcome to try it.
http://www.c-com.com.au/stuff/warpView.zip
There is a single exe in the ZIP and the easiest way is to put a shortcut to the exe on the desktop and drag the probe file onto it.
It should autoscale to suit the number of points and the amount of undulation but I haven't tried on too many sizes yet.

Jim

[daedelus]

Thanks Jim, the viewer looks fantastic, tried a couple of probe files and it really gives a good indication of the undulations of the board.

I have been working on my own 2D viewer for a while to replace the "unsupported hardware" message and this will probably be in the next update.

As for the 3D viewer, it uses JavaFX 3D to do the rendering. According to this:
http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/system_ ... _2-2-3.htm
you will need one of the graphics cards in the table (nvidea, ATI and some Intel ones), although I have an ATI radeon HD 7850 (I think) which is not on the list and it works perfectly (the table on the site is old probably).