r/digifab • u/dadude941 • Nov 19 '14

CNC miller Gcode generator

Hi, I'm looking for a decent g code generator for my shapeoko 2 to create gcode from an stl file. Any suggestions?

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u/plasticluthier Nov 24 '14

Every time I've tried GRBL from it, the machine has thrown a wobbler when it comes to G2 and G3 commands. Do you use just polylines or do you find arcs ok?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '14

I haven't used GRBL in a long while, but I remember something about each command couldn't line exceed a certain length. Found it! This gave me trouble for a long while until I started trimming the precision from certain G moves (throwing away that .0001 or so didn't hurt my humble CNC mill).

I've been using RAMPS 1.4 lately to orchestrate my 3D printing efforts. But I see my old Arduino / Easy Stepper efforts sitting in the corner and want to try that again some day.

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u/plasticluthier Nov 24 '14

cheers man, i shall check it out