--Looking for a free or cheap download for a program that will
generate a tool path simulation from G-code. Anyone got a link to something
without an odious price tag or EULA?
TIA,

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steamer wrote:

--Looking for a free or cheap download for a program that will
generate a tool path simulation from G-code. Anyone got a link to something
without an odious price tag or EULA?

Mach3, free demo version if the code is relatively small.

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steamer wrote:

--Looking for a free or cheap download for a program that
will
generate a tool path simulation from G-code. Anyone got a link to
something without an odious price tag or EULA?

Mach3, free demo version if the code is relatively small.


I think EMC2 has one built into the interface. You'd have to 'build'
a simple fake machine for it to run. But that software is free, and
pretty easy to understand.

www.linuxcnc.org

LLoyd

On 02 Feb 2009 20:13:22 GMT, steamer wrote:

--Looking for a free or cheap download for a program that will
generate a tool path simulation from G-code. Anyone got a link to something
without an odious price tag or EULA?
TIA,
------------
Depends which G code dialect you want, if you want a simulator,
or just a line backplotter, if you need macros, etc.

for basic lathe/mill/wire/water see
http://www.cncsimulator.com/
http://www.ncplot.com/ncplotfree/ncplotfree.htm

also demos at
http://www.cutviewer.com/

If you come across any others that are free/cheap please post or
email me off list.


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must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

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Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

steamer wrote:

--Looking for a free or cheap download for a program that will
generate a tool path simulation from G-code. Anyone got a link to something
without an odious price tag or EULA?
TIA,


http://www.cncsimulator.com/
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On 2009-02-02, steamer wrote:
--Looking for a free or cheap download for a program that will
generate a tool path simulation from G-code. Anyone got a link to something
without an odious price tag or EULA?

You mean a simulation on the screen? EMC2 will do that, along
with actually controlling a machine. But you don't need the machine
control part active to do the simulation.

The price is certainly right -- free. And the license is the
GPL.

The only thing which you may not like is that it runs in linux
(actually, it comes packaged in linux, so you don't have to get that
separately, and it is available for download as the BDI (Brain Dead
Install) which you simply burn on a CD-ROM, and then stick it in an old
PC of whatever speed you want where you are willing to say goodbye (or
"good riddance" :-) to the Windows which was on it.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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and it is available for download as the BDI (Brain Dead
Install) which you simply burn on a CD-ROM, and then stick it in an
old
PC of whatever speed you want where you are willing to say goodbye
(or
"good riddance" :-) to the Windows which was on it.



It also comes as a "Live CD" version which will run on your present PC
without installing it.

LLoyd

--You got a URL handy?

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Hacking the Trailing Edge! : a doggie or three...
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ou got a URL handy?

http://www.linuxcnc.org


Get thee on the downloads, and download the iso image of the Live CD
disk. Burn the image. You can then run it from CD (with limitations,
like not being able to save back to it, etc.) or install it.

There are a number of "pre-built" pseudo-machines in there that will
allow you to exercise your G-code sequences, and see the tool path
develop on the control console.

LLoyd

steamer writes:

--You got a URL handy?

emc2 googlegooglegoogle second hit:

http://www.linuxcnc.org/

"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

It also comes as a "Live CD" version which will run on your present PC
without installing it.

There are two live versions using two different versions of Ubuntu to deal with older and
newer hardware.

Wes

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steamer wrote:

--Looking for a free or cheap download for a program that
will
generate a tool path simulation from G-code. Anyone got a link to
something without an odious price tag or EULA?

Mach3, free demo version if the code is relatively small.


I think EMC2 has one built into the interface. You'd have to 'build'
a simple fake machine for it to run. But that software is free, and
pretty easy to understand.

Or do like I do... edit the g-code to zero at the beginning and end of the
run, and just turn your controller off and run it. (make sure your relative
zero is set before loading the code also).




www.linuxcnc.org

LLoyd

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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On 2009-02-02, steamer wrote:
--Looking for a free or cheap download for a program that will
generate a tool path simulation from G-code. Anyone got a link to
something
without an odious price tag or EULA?

You mean a simulation on the screen? EMC2 will do that, along
with actually controlling a machine. But you don't need the machine
control part active to do the simulation.

The price is certainly right -- free. And the license is the
GPL.

The only thing which you may not like is that it runs in linux
(actually, it comes packaged in linux, so you don't have to get that
separately, and it is available for download as the BDI (Brain Dead
Install) which you simply burn on a CD-ROM, and then stick it in an old
PC of whatever speed you want where you are willing to say goodbye (or
"good riddance" :-) to the Windows which was on it.

Does not require the removal of Windows. The one I downloaed partitioned
and insalled next to windows, and at boot time i can select which OS to boot
to. For very simple stuff I still use Mach 3.