May be a stupid question but is it possible to move around an imported gcode object? I want to carve out the same object in different orientations and on different size wood everytime, do I need a separate gcode file for all ?
Yes
Sorry, yes, you need new gcode files
Damn. Oh well chilipeppr is still more convenient than anything else I tried for smoothieboard. Any idea if tablet mode will be available for GRBL workspace?
You could create a tablet workspace right now for Grbl. Just fork the Grbl workspace and mimic the changes you see in the TinyG tablet workspace. Tweak the HTML by removing the middle column. Tweak the CSS to up the font and button sizes. In the Javascript comment out the 3D viewer from loading. Done.
One last question, I have files and been using artcam 2011 on my old old CNC. Now if I want to use those files and on my smoothieboard via chilipeppr, would you know which post processor I would have to use ? And thank you for all your help so far
Probably just use any post-processor for Grbl, TinyG, or Smoothie, or even Mach3. The simpler the post-processor, the better since these basic CNC firmwares only support the minimal command sets. Run some air jobs to test if the post processor worked.
I am not too savvy on web end of things, could you walk me through how to create a tablet workspace? I can handle the HTML and CSS parts mostly, I am confused about forking and running it.
Watch the 3 videos on homepage and then let me know if it is still confusing
I believe that smoothieboard uses a very old (and modded?) version of grbl in its compatibility mode and that this is not supported by the grbl workspace.
I started writing a widget for smoothie some time ago but have no recollection of how far I got. I dimly recall it being at least partially functional.
If it could run a job properly that would be functional enough, anyway I can try your widget?
my goal with the board was to have a fully functional CNC, I now see that it is mainly a 3D printer board with some CNC features if one can get it to work, but every step of the way seems to have problems.
@jlauer Videos are very good thank you, now that I know SB doesn’t work properly with CP I won’t have any use for it, I wish I went with tinyG, tinyG & CP combination seems like a winner in CNC environment
@B1111 I move parts around by changing the machine zero. There other ways by hand editing the code and using work spaces but it is easier to do it in the drawing.
@Colin_Kaminski that is a good idea, too bad the board has been useless so far, thanks for the help everyone I may just break this smoothieboard (wasted days, couldn’t run a single test job so far) and get a tinyG, is that the best recommended board? Chilipeppr is amazing keep up the good work.