NC STUDIO .nc

[woodencat]

Hi all, I have question if it is possible to save path - gcode program made by FreeCAD in .nc file extension that is needed for NC Studio from Weihong. I have NK260 controller, and would like to do some 3D drawings for gcode programs for my machine to read proper.
Is it possible to store .nc files in FreeCAD?

[chrisb]

Hi woodencat, welcome to the forum.
this is a question concerning the Path workbench, I will move it there.

There are already several postprocessors the most popular being probably linux_cnc. If your machine can understand one of those dialects you can use it directly; if not you may have a look at the specifications and see if your controller behaves similar to one of the existing. Then you can adapt it with some basic programming knowledge.

[HarryGeier]

#1 , sure you can select which extension you want.
#2 , You need to check, if one of the PP´s creates what your Machine understands.

I had a brief look and assume it could work with ISO Standard . Otherwise, as chrisb already wrote...you can adjust the Postprocessor.