5AXISMAKER Gcode Generator Manual V0.1 2
5AXISMAKER Gcode Generator Manual V0.1 2
5AXISMAKER Gcode Generator Manual V0.1 2
V0.1
Following these steps will help you start in no time:
1) INTERFACE (gives you a general overview)
2) MACHINE SETUP (gets your 5axis machine ready)
3) GETTING STARTED (this step connects your geometry to the machine
head and generates the gcode that needs in order to run a machine. Once this
step is complete congratulations, you are ready to run your machine! And of
course for customization of settings follow step 3.1 and 3.2)
to get started, have ready Rhinoceros, Grasshopper and our Grasshopper script open:
AXIS OFFSETS:
3D VIEW:
TOOL:
This pannel lets you dene
your tool geometry
TOOLPATH:
This panel lets you customize toolpath for desired cut
performance
SIMULATION:
this panel gives you control
over how your tool path
curve is
interpreted in to gcode
GCODE:
This panel output gcode for
your cut
CaxisOset
BaxisOset
2) MACHINE SETUP
Tool Diameter
A.
B.
C.
2. Activating simulation toggle generates coordinate
points for the cut on the toolpath curve and calculates tool
positions for these points (C).
10mm stepover
5mm stepover
3mm stepover
1mm stepover
V direction toolpath
U direction toolpath
It is possible to change direction of the tool path by switching U/V direction toggle. This will align toolpath curve
with either U or V direction of the surface.
TOOLPATH - DIRECTION
TOOLPATH - SEAM
A.
B.
When toolpath curve does not describe the surface accurately (A.) it could be
because toolpath curve segments do not have enough points to resolve the
geometry accurately.
To add point to toolpath curve segments use isocurve rebuild until toolpath
accurately describes your geometry (B.).
However when adding to many points it might slow down the performance of
the simulation
100 points
1000 points
5000 points
A.
B.
Some particular features may cause collisions between machine head and the
model (A.).
In such cases it might be appropriate to isolate these features to work on the
separately (B.).
SIMULATION - COLLISIONS
A.
B.
When tool position is calculated from the wrong side of the surface (A.)
use Flip surface toggle to change surface face to the correct one (B.).
custom curve
A.
B.
C.
Custom toolpath curve does not have to be on the surface of the model,
it can be a curve drawn by you or any arbitrary curve. Vectors for the tool
will be calculated using normals from the closest point on the surface of
the model to the points on the toolpath curve.
Mesh support
Automatic collision detection
Roughing toolpath generator
Gcode output to le
Formating of Gcode
5AXISMAKER Gcode generator is an open source script and we welcome modications and improvements to it from the maker community.
Lets make 5axis machining for everyone a reality!