Originally Posted by mocnc well here is the situation that I have.........I have ......deskcnc, ..... Is there a program out there so I could run a test of my g-codes to see the tool path in action on my pc instead of just testing and possible wasting wood? |
DeskCNC has a built in simulator. When you open a g-code program (.Dnc) in the DeskCNC editor, it is immediately drawn on the screen. You can single and multiple step through the code to display any particular section or line of code. There is also a 3D rendered display that shows the cuts made by different shaped tools.
If you have a DeskCNC controller board, you can run your machine with the same program that you use to create the g-code program. It's very simple to hook it up to a parallel port driver box.
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