freecad has an export menu that claims to do gcode, but it does not
create the code, nor does it report any error I understand when going
thru the motions. freecad screenshot attached. A simple torus shape,
50mm in diameter, 35mm tall, with a 28mm center hole.
Good morning Gene,
I've looked through the midden heap of my drag knife folder and I have been
unable to locate a file with g code. This bugged me because I *know* I saw
readable g code from that project, then i remembered how I had seen g-code (on
screen) which is pretty much as described in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWU621P0gZk
I know I expected to have human readable code at the end of this project (pity
I didn't complete it) because I'm working on a desktop that is not connected to
the CNC so I expected a text file at the end that I could edit and rename to a
.ngc file to transfer to the CNC machine.
If you can wait, I'll have a go at replicating the torus you made and see if I
can send the g code. If that works I will (try) to tell you how I did it.
Later today, I hope.
Martin
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