net2dot: convert HAL netlists into nice graphs

After Tom P. manually converted part of a HAL configuration into "dot format" to produce a nice png drawing, I have experimented with doing it automatically by parsing the output of halcmd. Here is the program, as well as some of the results.

The example files show the simulator mill (with check_constraints.hal loaded) and the simulator lathe.

With emc running and halcmd on your PATH, just run net2dot to create a .dot file, or pipe net2dot to dot to render an image:

    $ python net2dot.py > mymachine.dot
    $ python net2dot.py | dot -Tpng > mymachine.png

Update: A new version of net2dot also understands 'linkXX' commands, so it can be used on .hal files in addition to to working from a running hal. It will infer directions from arrows when they are given. Run it like so:

    $ python net2dot.py core_stepper.hal standard_pinout.hal > mill.dot
    $ python net2dot.py core_stepper.hal standard_pinout.hal | dot -Tpng > mill.png

Files currently attached to this page:

net2dot-old.py	2.8kB
net2dot.py	4.0kB
sim-lathe-small.png	5.5kB
sim-lathe.dot	9.6kB
sim-lathe.png	65.1kB
sim-lathe.svg	42.9kB
sim-mill-small.png	5.5kB
sim-mill.dot	8.6kB
sim-mill.png	55.8kB
sim-mill.svg	41.1kB

net2dot: convert HAL netlists into nice graphs

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