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Mint

NC – CAD to Motion

> HPGL, DXF and G-Code to motion

No graphic or CNC programming language to learn

> Offline mode for planning and object ordering

Graphical interface allowing re-ordering of geometry

> Machine control panel for direct machine control

> Interfaces to NextMove motion controllers

Standard Commands

Baldor's HPGL interpreter is able to take standard

commands sent over the serial interface (including

USB, PCI-bus and Ethernet) and interpret these in

real-time. Commands in HPGL allow straight lines,

circles and rectangles to be executed.

Fast Profiling

Full use is made of Mint’s move buffer to provide

fast and accurate profiling. Features such as inter-

vector angle allow Mint to make decisions about

when to slow down or stop for corners. Feedrate

control allows the machine speed to be controlled

by the operator using, for example, an analog pot.

Mint – Power and Flexibility

Baldor’s HPGL interpreter is written in Mint,

demonstrating not only the power and flexibility of

the programming language, but also providing a

fully customizable solution. The HPGL interpreter is

available as Mint source code and can be tailored

to suit applications such as:

> Routers and engravers with different Z depth

> Pen plotters

> Knife cutting with tangential knife control

> Glue laying

> And more ...

The HPGL interpreter is supported on all NextMove

controllers and is available to download from the

Baldor motion website www.baldormotion.com.

Mint

NC is a comprehensive front end for XYZ type

applications, such as plotters, laser cutters, glue

laying and routers. Full control of any job is provided

both on and offline.

Using the machine control front end, full machine

control is possible, allowing axes to be homed and

jogged to new positions. Alternatively, Mint

NC can

be used to translate different CAD and CNC formats

to Mint code which can be executed directly on the

motion controller.

Machine configurations are easily dealt with

using Mint. This acts as a scripting language for

complete machine configuration. Whether a start-up

sequence or new tool sequence is required, Mint

provides complete control over I/O and motion.

Customization through ActiveX

Where a simpler operator interface is required,

a developer's library is available using ActiveX

technology. This allows custom front ends to be

quickly and easily realized in applications such as

Visual Basic and Visual C++.

MintNC interfaces directly to the NextMove

controller through either the USB or PCI interface.

A demonstration version of MintNC is available to

download from the Baldor motion website

www.baldormotion.com.

HPGL (Hewlett Packard Graphics Language) is an open standard that describes 2D vectored drawing and

is typically used in plotters. With many CAD and drawing applications offering HPGL output, Baldor’s HPGL

interpreter is ideally suited for low cost XY and 2.5D applications such as pen plotters, routers, engravers

and knife cutters.

HPGL – Low Cost, Industry

Standard Interpolation

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