MoI installing??

 From:  Michael Gibson
1170.4 In reply to 1170.3 
Hi Pete,

you wrote:
> Have a Ati Radeon 9520 & a Nvidia Ge Force card (not sure if its 2 - 4
> MX or FX Series) as I haven't installed it yet.

Great - either one of those will work fine! Between those 2, you should go with whichever one is newer, which I think would be the Radeon in this case.


> Can you tell me if Moi will run using Windows 98SE? 98SE is a later edition
> of the earlier 98. Second Edition.

No, sorry, it won't work with 98, 98SE or ME - you need to have Win2k, WinXP or Vista to run it, I would recommend XP.


> Dual boot with separate HD's may be less problematic. Just a thought!

That might be easier for upgrading or modifying stuff later on... But basically if you create 2 different partitions on one hard drive they will stay completely separate that way too.


> Will the design be able to be given g-codes, etc. so that I can copy these files
> to my Linux EMC and have the design produced?? Something like that??

MoI won't produce the g-code itself - MoI only generates the model data, not toolpath cutting data.

You will need some additional CAM software to calculate the toolpaths.

Check out here: http://www.sherline.com/CNClinks.htm for some links to some different CAM software that sherline recommends. Scroll down the to "CAD/CAM Programs" section.


> One PC for running Moi Cad the other PC just for the Linux EMC to run the
> Mill using the CAM part. Does that sound like a workable solution?

Sure, that should work.

- Michael