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GCODE generator for CNCStep routers implemented in Rhino3D

RhinoCNC for CNCStep

this project is far from being finished. It can be used at own risk and I do not take any responsibility for any damage or any injury. Please use it only if you fully understand what it does or as an inspiration for your own work. I strongly encourage to run all GCODE in simulator prior to running on the CNC router

I am a happy user of CNC Step Router mill High-Z S-1400/T-105, unfortunately as a MacOS X user I was rather unhappy with using ConstruCAM for preparing GCODE CAM files.

At some point I have decided to use Voxelizer software in combination with a simple post-processor, see cncproc

However, even the Voxelizer did not suit my needs. Eventually, as a Rhino3D user, I have decided to write a few Rhino extensions that would fulfil my needs and generate GCODE directly from Rhino.

GCODE generation

The process of GCODE generation is split into two separate steps:

• creating toolpaths
• generating GCODEs for toolpaths

Generating toolpaths

toolpathContour.py is a script that generates toolpaths for milling inside/outside contours. The script can be run with runPythonScript command in Rhino. The script collets information about the path and then generates toolpaths to a separate Toolpaths layer.

Generating GCODE

When all toolpaths are generated, generateGcode.py script can be run to generate GCODE file that can be dirrectly sent to the CNC Step CNC routers.

to be continued...