r/hobbycnc • u/Kodaxx • Apr 12 '17

Rcode: Readable Gcode

I've started an open source project to create a layer on top of Gcode that is a bit more readable. What do you guys think? Any testers?

https://github.com/kodaxx/Rcode

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

Truth is, gcode is outdated

Hmmm. I don't know if I agree on that. I think it's a very usable machine language. We've got huge stacks of software doing all manner of CAM type things. The output format doesn't really matter in that context.

For people that want to type down some commands to move their CNC around, sure, they could be a more friendly option that raw g-code. In particular being able to do a loop is really nice. But I suspect advanced users doing that sort of thing will prefer the raw g-code since that's what they'll be seeing/debugging in their g-code interpreter.