GRBL v1.1 Machine Control and GCODE sender Plugin

[karst.drenth]

Hi,

Maybe it's hidden under the PropertyEditor ? ( close some of the other dropdowns )

But I just saw that the interal version number has not been bumped... Even if you see it, it will show 0.9.5

When however you right-click the GRBLMachine.dll in your plugins folder, you'll see 'FileVersion' under 'Details', there it says 0.9.6.0

Oh... by the way.. If you have the Tool Change button in the Production Tab, you have 0.9.6

Grtzz & thnx for the feedback !

Karst

[llamatrails]

Yep, there it is, buried under the Property Editor.   Agghhh, hate when that happens ...

Rick

[karst.drenth]

 

btw, there should have been a scrollbar on the right of the 'grb Machine' Tab... 

Grtzz,

Karst

[atwooddon]

Michel

Yes, you could do that, or you could use the CAMotics plug in to feed your gcode (and tools) directly to the CAMotics simulator.  Works great.  There is also an interface to Cutviewer (another CNC simulator) in CamBam.

Don

[karst.drenth]

just buy yourself a Arduino Nano clone from Banggood, load it with GRBL v1.1f and plug it in.

see a post from BR52 some pages back in this topic.

[karst.drenth]

Hi All,

Getting to finalize the product... ( no more feature wishes left on my list )

Version 0.9.7 is there, as usual also including sources  !

I posted this new version at the bottom of this post: GRBL v1.1 Machine Control and GCODE sender Plugin

Mods:

All the mods involve the visuals of the tool. For that I wrote a couple of new CamBam Extensions as well as some 'Surface' derived primitives like Cylinder, Rod, Disc and Sphere. I needed them all to construct the tool visuals, but I guess they might also be usefull for some 3D-CAD stuff... So anybody ever wanted to add a 3D SPhere, Cylinder, Rod, Cone or Disc to a drawing ?? ( I could make a separate Plugin, which would allow them to put in the drawing ) In addition to all that I needed an Extrude function where 'taper' is working. So I also wrote that in a CamBam Extension.


Some pics of the various tools:


(click for the full picture)

The Endmill.  Note the Cone between Shank and Flute



(click for the full picture)

The BullNose mill.  Note the ball ...



(click for the full picture)

A V-Cutter.  Note the ring around the cone...



(click for the full picture)

And a drill...


Then some Lasers...


(click for the full picture)

GRBL has a special Laser Mode with which it can control Laser Intensity. Here the intensity (settable) for 'off'



(click for the full picture)

... and here it's full on  

GRBLMachine recognizes wat GRBL is doing to the laser and shows it in the tool.



So... have fun with the plugin and/or the sources !


Grtzz and please keep me informed about what you think of GRBLMachine,

Karst

P.S. Did anybody ever find the 'Subtract' function for Surfaces ? The 'Join' exists and I used it extensively

[dh42]

Hello,

Amazing job as usual 

P.S. Did anybody ever find the 'Subtract' function for Surfaces ? The 'Join' exists and I used it extensively

I do not think there are any subtract function for Surfaces. Only join and explode works on surfaces.

++
David

[lloydsp]

DAMN, Karst!  That's absolutely amazing!

Lloyd

[Garyhlucas]

Karst,
For those that don't have 3d cad what you have done would be huge.  Three things missing that I see. Extrude Polygon, especially with taper.  Revolve to create a round shape from a polygon. Difference so you can subtract the solid from another solid to create a cavity.

Nice job!

[Bubba]

Karst,
Even tho I don't care about the CB merger to CnC Controll I must say, this is impressive piece of work.

[karst.drenth]

Hi,

Karst,
For those that don't have 3d cad what you have done would be huge.  Three things missing that I see. Extrude Polygon, especially with taper.  Revolve to create a round shape from a polygon. Difference so you can subtract the solid from another solid to create a cavity.

See the pictures below for what I meant   And yes, revolve would be n.t.h., but subtract and union is a must !

For the pictures:

- the first one shows 4 'Shapes' constructed from code. Of course it should come with an UI to create the shape
- the second one is how the resulting .cb looks like. 

Code:

public class Shape : Surface
  {
    public static void AddExtraTypes()
    {
      CADFile.ExtraTypes.Add(typeof(Cylinder));
      CADFile.ExtraTypes.Add(typeof(Rod));
      CADFile.ExtraTypes.Add(typeof(Disc));
      CADFile.ExtraTypes.Add(typeof(Sphere));
    }

    [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "type", Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")]
    public virtual string TypeName
    {
      get { return GetType().Name; }
      set {                        }
    }
  }

  [Serializable]
  [XmlRoot("cylinder")]
  public class Cylinder : Shape
  {
     ...
     ...
     ...
  }

... and this is the way it is done in the shape's code. Needed only some XML annotation and CamBam did the rest

Cool thing of course is, that CB can also read-back it's own file

Another approach could be:

Code:

  [Serializable]
  [XmlRoot("surface")]
  public class Cylinder : Surface
  {
     ...
     ...
     ...
  }

... which will return all shapes as surfaces upon reading the .cb file.

For me the first approach would be the preferent one. The Shape class could then carry more of it's own attributes



Grtzz,

Karst

[BR52]

Hello

Arduino UNO or Arduino NANO are similar, works well with GRBL with other applications.
It does not work with GRBLMachinePlugin, see the two screenshot below.

Please, for the person who worked, manifest here!

   Armando

[karst.drenth]

hi Armando,

 it looks like you do not have Grbl v 1.1f on the Arduino. GRBLMachine does not work with Grbl versions below 1.1

please right-click on the console and select 'Verbose' to see more detail.


grtzz,

karst

[BR52]

Hi Karst,

I selected 'verbose' on the console.
Okay, except the g-code run very fast on the console and did not move tool on the Cambam screen.

Does not work!  

   Armando

[karst.drenth]

Armando,

... it looks like you do not have Grbl v 1.1f on the Arduino. GRBLMachine does not work with Grbl versions below 1.1...

To verify this,

- Start CamBam with GRBLMachine enabled
- Close 'Production'
- Close 'Jogging'
- Open 'Console'
- Open Connection
- Connect
- Scroll console up to the beginning
- Please post a picture of what you see.

Grtzz,

Karst