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by dubstar-04
Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation
Replies: 202
Views: 64393

Re: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation

Hello, I have the tool library operational now. When I simulate the paths as in the file I loaded further up, the tool shows in the wrong orientation as in rotated around the X axis by 90 degrees. I also still cannot get it to simulate correctly. It appears to ignore the stock completely and just d...
by dubstar-04
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation
Replies: 202
Views: 64393

Re: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation

Turning tools? Where find? The Turning Addon includes an example tool library: https://github.com/dubstar-04/TurningAddon/tree/master/Tools You need to use this in the Path Toolbit Library. Turning operations won't work with milling toolbits. Screenshot from 2023-09-15 09-05-27.png Thanks, Dan
by dubstar-04
Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:17 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation
Replies: 202
Views: 64393

Re: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation

berntd wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:50 am I cannot get it to work at all. I see some errors om Report view.
What errors are you getting?

Are you using turning tools with the turning ops?

Thanks,

Dan
by dubstar-04
Sat Sep 09, 2023 7:47 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Newbie question - Can FreeCad do lathe toolpaths?
Replies: 14
Views: 2221

Re: Newbie question - Can FreeCad do lathe toolpaths?

The addon appears to work as expected however, please remember this a development preview and not intended for production. The purpose of Turning Addon is to understand how we could implement turning functionality in FreeCAD it should not be used to create usable gcode. TurningAddon_Windows.PNG Than...
by dubstar-04
Sat Sep 09, 2023 7:37 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Newbie question - Can FreeCad do lathe toolpaths?
Replies: 14
Views: 2221

Re: Newbie question - Can FreeCad do lathe toolpaths?

There is a FreeCad folder there but in that, there is no MOD or anything like that. %APPDATA%\FreeCAD\Mod is correct. I installed an addon from the Addon manager and it created the Mod folder. I then cloned the Turning_Addon to %APPDATA%\FreeCAD\Mod\TurningAddon TurningAddon_Location.PNG FreeCAD_Tu...
by dubstar-04
Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Newbie question - Can FreeCad do lathe toolpaths?
Replies: 14
Views: 2221

Re: Newbie question - Can FreeCad do lathe toolpaths?

I have cloned it into the MOD folder as per the instructions and all the files seem to be there. I think the addon will need to go in %APPDATA% on windows. Something like: %APPDATA%\FreeCAD\Mod\ If you type %APPDATA% in the file explorer address bar and press enter; It should resolve the location. ...
by dubstar-04
Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:14 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Newbie question - Can FreeCad do lathe toolpaths?
Replies: 14
Views: 2221

Re: Newbie question - Can FreeCad do lathe toolpaths?

Hi All, Liblathe and the FreeCAD turning addon are not currently available in the addon manager. There is a draft pull request here to add it to the addon manager: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-addons/pull/268 I am part way through a major rewrite of liblathe and once finished the library will ...
by dubstar-04
Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:00 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Enabling pre-commit for Path Module
Replies: 2
Views: 513

Re: Enabling pre-commit for Path Module

Seems like the ideal opportunity to turn it on.
by dubstar-04
Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:27 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation
Replies: 202
Views: 64393

Re: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation

Where is this located or did I do something wrong with the install? Hi berntd, The most simple install method is to clone the addin into the mod folder using git. This should bring in the liblathe submodule. If you want to manage it manually, you will need to: - download the addin zip - extract the...
by dubstar-04
Sat Aug 26, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Job Types
Replies: 7
Views: 1275

Re: Job Types

Could I suggest a Machine type or form to tell FreeCAD what capabilities the machine has (ie spindle speed min & max, rapid speeds , travels etc). That would be useful and would tie in to feeds / speeds and the sanity checks. For job types I am mostly looking at things that will need to change ...