Warning – this post was sitting in the drafts, I don’t know how helpful it’ll be but it’s been sitting for 5 years – may as well release the information and hope it helps someone.<\/p>\n
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If anyone out there is running the RepRap \/ Makerbot gcode intrepreter for a CNC dremel \/ router \/ etc and is trying to use MeshCAM here’s some instructions:<\/p>\n
Use MeshCAM as usual, but you’ll want to use this post script (you probably don’t actually need to print all of the XYZ commands when you’re not moving them, but it doesn’t hurt to do it, hence the @ rather than #): Here’s a text version, make sure to rename the extension to .con and put it in your posts folder in the MeshCAM installation directory<\/p>\n
\n; MeshCAM config
\n; This config is the basis for the minimum
\n; gcode output. If you're looking for
\n; the shortest output file then this is the config
\n; to start with. Also show how to integrate CutViewer config into
\n; the output.
\n;
\n; 2\/29\/04 \tChanged comments to be enclosed by () rather than start with ;
\n;\t\tAdded CutViewer config output
\n; 5\/13\/04 \tAdded toolchange gcode
\n; 2\/12\/05\tChanged name and added units
\n; 3\/17\/05\tChanged stock definition to use CUTVIEWERSTOCK variable
\n; 5\/19\/05\tRemoved feedrate command for rapid moves
\n; 5\/25\/05\tAdded dummy tool for CutViewer
\n; 6\/27\/05\tChanged the formats to 1.4 to get 4 decimal places of accuracy
\n;
\nDESCRIPTION = \"RepRap GCode-MM(*.nc)\"
\nFILE_EXTENSION = \"nc\"
\nUNITS = MM
\n;Feeds
\nFORMAT = [F|@|F|1.1]
\n;Moves
\nFORMAT = [X|@|X|1.4]
\nFORMAT = [Y|@|Y|1.4]
\nFORMAT = [Z|@|Z|1.4]
\n;
\nSTART = \"%\"
\nSTART = \"(FILENAME: [FILENAME])\"
\n; The following is a dummy tool to keep CutViewer from generating an error when G20 is called without a tool
\nSTART = \"(TOOL\/MILL,0.1,0.05,0.000,0)\"
\nSTART = \"G21 ;Metric is good\"
\nSTART = \"([CUTVIEWERSTOCK])\"
\nSTART = \"G90 ;Absolute Positioning\"
\n;
\nFIRST_RAPID_RATE_MOVE = \"G0 [X] [Y] [Z] [F]\"
\nRAPID_RATE_MOVE = \"G0 [X] [Y] [Z]\"
\n;
\nFIRST_FEED_RATE_MOVE = \"G1 [X] [Y] [Z] [F]\"
\nFEED_RATE_MOVE = \"G1 [X] [Y] [Z]\"
\n;
\nEND = \"(END)\"
\nEND = \"(OF PROGRAM)\"<\/code><\/p>\n