Blender used to describe Hal networks

Blender can be used to graphically describe part of a hal network Not an entire .hal file Just a bit, maybe a dozen simple comps This page will demonstrate how useful it can be ( and in the end how useful it aint )

Look at the pictures and videos and see if the idea is conveyed Thats the real test, if an idea is explained to the point of understanding Now I have to just lay the stuff down and you have to decide Otherwise I'm explaining the joke :/

heres the joke

screenshots of components in Blender

photos of the machine

darn it, i need a low profile vise, i got < 1mm clearance

links to movies of system in use

an example of posing using vismach
the virtual machine really was built but does not use LinuxCNC
http://videobin.org/+68u/6xm.html

the gv2offset4 component and a real window comparator
( see circuit above is used with a pot in lieu of the EDM gap , injected on pins 5&6)
watch the coupler to see the quickness of the reaction, no steps are lost ( simple gauge block test )
http://videobin.org/+68u/6xn.html