There's an online Gcode simulator called NCViewer which might do what you want.

I don't think these values do anything except perhaps help in estimating cycle time. Rapids by definition have no feed rate value. In GRBL the maximum rapid values are set as $ parameters. The only FreCAD feed rates you need to get right IME are those for the tool controller as these are used in non...

nmw01223 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:32 am Read a couple of surveys, doesn't look as though the gcode senders do incorporate step / rotate / repeat functionality. The free ones I looked at, anyway.

bCNC can do what you want.

The simplest way is probably to use multiple WCS (note that if your router is running GRBL only G54 to G59 are valid).

As Carlos says bCNC already has a scan function which commands the tool to traverse the Gcode's bounding box. I can't remember if UGS has a similar function as it's several years since I used that particular Gcode sender. I don't use bCNC's scan function a lot but it's very useful when things get ti...

Hey guys thank you all for your comments. I was using a 3mm mill to make a 4mm pocket. After many attempts I figured that I had the Helix max diameter to big... I kinda knew that it was something stupid but I couldn't find what. I have seen many tutorials (obviously), but I am struggling a bit with...

Hi, I have a big problem, mach3 show 2 circles on gcode but in FreeCad is not present. this circle is a route and destroy my work. In output i try to unselect G54 and have only 4 lanes of gcode and select mach3 instead of linuxcnc. test2.FCStd test2gcode.txt OS: Windows 10 build 19045 Word size of ...

There are clearly some important issues with the clearing algo which is common to all the 2.5D path tools. I guess that reflects the lack of C++ skills and that the code is pretty hard parse to see what it is supposed to be doing, so even attempting to address one specific small issue means you hav...

This is a very strange statement. Unfortunately the machine I am using does not recognise commands such as T + tool number in your example. The linked Gcode example from Autodesk suggests otherwise. I downloaded the programming manual for your machine and it also uses T1, T2 etc. The difference see...

I really appreciate reading on this forum. I have run many industrial CNC machines (tool centres) in my career and all the systems have had the function to wait for the spindle speed built into the "BIOS" / machine system software and there has been no need for any NC program run codes to...