On Saturday 19 September 2020 18:37:43 Martin Dobbins wrote: > I see all that, but if I select gcolde to feed my milling machine > running the master version of LinuxCNC, it brings up a list of > post-proc's, one of which is Linuxcnc. And if sent as a print job to > my huge brother mfc-j6920-dw, it spits out a blank sheet of glossy > photo paper. So I'm locked out of saving in a file format thats > readable by human eyes. > > Hi Gene, > > I misunderstood 🙂 > > I don't know what steps you have taken so far to get the g code from > Freecad. Most CAD systems do not directly produce g code, a CAM > system is required to do that, in Freecad this is called the path > workbench. Is this where you are getting the gcode from? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWFC17MIfOE > > With the objective of massaging it to work better for you? Or are you > trying to produce a dimensioned drawing to aid you in writing gcode > from scratch? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ2685bk3_E > >i Sorry if I'm still not getting it. Nether am I, sadly. I do that if I select the linuxcnc post-proc, the error message in the konsole behind freecad says it did find it.
Path workbench activated PathScripts.linuxcnc_post gcode postprocessor loaded. but then: the object Cut is not a path. Please select only path and Compounds. the object Cut is not a path. Please select only path and Compounds. Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 4, in <module> <type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'>: The given file is not a path Stack Trace: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 4, in <module> but the cut object is the only selection that highlights it all. Is there a weld it all together step I've missed? > Martin > Thank you Martin. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
