G-code is the common name for the widely-used computer numerical control (CNC) programming language defined in EIA-274.
Questions tagged [g-code]
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Can i create a gcode that self destructs after one instance of printing?
Can i create a gcode that self destructs after one instance of printing? For example I send the gcode created to a printer at a remote area to print but I want them to only print it once. Can i add a self destruct code so that it deletes after…
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Convert string text to GCode
I need to create an app (using Android Studio) that generates CNC code to operate a 3D printer. It takes a String as input.
I've found a couple libraries in Python and Javascript that does this, but as I don't have time to translate whole libraries…
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Sending GCode as String Using Java
Writing a simple program to send GCode via Java using jssc libraries.
Tried the following without success
serialPort.writeString("G01 X1 Y1 Z1")
serialPort.writeString("%G01 X1 Y1 Z1%")
serialPort.writeString("%")
serialPort.writeString("G01 X1…
Jai Shah
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Arduino plotting error "command not recognized" m18 (GRBL + G-CODE)
I'm new to Arduino and I am creating a project called (DIY CNC PLOTTER) for my final design project in school, the following are the list of part that I'm currently using.
Hardware:
1 Arduino Uno v3
1 L923D Shield
2 DVD Stepper Motor
1 Micro Servo…
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QtSerialPort not writing to serial port
I am trying to send Gcode commands to a 3d printer with QtSerialPort. I am able to connect and read the startup gcode the printer sends out but I haven't been able to write a Gcode to make the printer do something. I have read many people's code and…
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parsing gcode file to extract coordinates
I have a gcode file that is full of text, more specifically coordinated for a machine. I am trying to read the file, strip away the useless information so that I can then perform an operation on the coordinated before they are sent out to the…
John G
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Python inheriting at initalization
Im trying to inherit routines from different classes at initialization based on what a user requests at creation. My example is a CNCFile class for reading/manipulating/saving a g-code text file. When its created, a user inputs the type of machine…
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How to isolate an integer in a QString
I have a QString of Gcode that will look like this:
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Currently, I'm using myString.midRef(1,1).toInt() to get the digit I want (I don't care about the rest of the line). However, this will not work…
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Converting an AutoCAD model to a matrix of points/volumes with the mass density specified at each location
I am an experimental physicist (grad student) that is trying to take an AutoCAD model of the experiment I've built and find the gravitational potential from the whole instrument over a specified volume. Before I find the potential, I'm trying to…
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Segmentation fault with memmem()
I am attempting to find the size in bytes of some layers in a .gcode file for 3D printers. However, there is an error that I am getting from running a function to find the distance between two instances of the string ";LAYER:*". Here is my function…
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Carriage return CNC G code
I'm writing a plugin that exports Gcode form illustrator in javascript. Everything works, except when I load the gcode onto the CNC software, none of the text appears because it's in the wrong format. When I open it in a text editor, it all appears…
Teddy Shropshire
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Updating status bar with opened file name
With amazing help of other stackoverflow users I have made this code for reading out some data out of a gcode file and doing some calculations on it. It is almost done and the last 2 things I have problem with are:
1) I would like the status bar…
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GRBL cycle start needed every spindle on/off
We've built a CNC like machine using GRBL 0.9c (https://github.com/grbl/grbl/wiki) which is programmed into our Arduino UNO microcontroller board.
We have the 'Cycle Start/Resume' Uno pin connected to a pushbutton (green for us), and have set the…
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Arduino Gcode reader
I made G-code reader on Arduino, but it stops reading. It has many "break;" and I have also many while loops and switches, so I'm thinking that when I break on loop/switch, it will break all.
Another idea is that it goes some kind of loop, but I…
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STL to G-Code Command Line Converter
I am currently working on my senior design CNC Mill project. Part of the project is converting STL files into G-Code. Good thing is I don't have to reinvent the wheel if something I need to integrate already exists.
Is there a command line converter…
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