GSimple (Free 3 Axis CAM) Version 1.08

[S.Kontogiannis]

GSimple version 1.08 is now out. To download please visit www.gsimple.eu
New version includes:
- Milling parameters individually selectable for every part of the object (drill, thread, pockets, etc) exept engraving
- Text input from DXF files
GSimple is completely free!

[S.Kontogiannis]

New GSimple version 1.09.
What has changed:
1. There is a new path filter
2. G02/G03 uses only I,J and not R
3. Several minor bugs have been fixed.

You can download gsimple (it is completely free) at
http://www.gsimple.eu

By the way, 2004 different users have visited www.gsimple.eu in June. The averege time spend in the website was over 6 minutes(!). 70% of the visitors have downloaded the program (complete or upgrade).

GSimple is using the standart GCode. Version 1.10 will include a small configurable postproccesor. Any information on milling machine codes or G-Code dialects (for example web sites with programming manuals) will be much appreciated.

[dertsap]

i ve been following up on gsimple ,i'm always watching for a new version ,
i honestly haven t had much time to play with it ,but from what i ve seen , i like ,

i take it your the software builder ?
just curious as to how far your going to go with it

[S.Kontogiannis]

You are right, I am the software builder. How far I will go? To be honest I don't know. I started GSimple because we needed, at my job, a very simple CAM for very simple milling projects (for example flattening a surface or making a cylindrical pocket). Buying (and most important learning) an expensive, professional CAD-CAM for these tasks was out of question. So I wrote a first, tiny version - actually I constructed a "milling script laguage" and wrote an interpreter to G-Code (by the way the core of the GSimple files is still based on this script laguage). Then it grew and grew and grew.

I would like to make some improvememts, for example
- handle islands
- eliminate the restrictions in the number of objects it can handle
- insert some true 3D capbilities.
but I cannot promise a timetable (GSimple is a hobby, not a professional project).

[salzburg]

I downloaded this program but I can't open it. It is a EX~File and windows
does not recognice it and I am sure there is a way to open it but I do not
know how. Maybe somebody can help me with this. I would realy apreciate
it.

[S.Kontogiannis]

The gsimple.ex~ file is an archive -that is a file containing all the others. There is also a file called gsinstal.exe. This is the installation file. Ginstal will extract the files from gsimple.ex~ and guide you through the installation

[bborb]

S.Kontogiannis wrote:


You don't want to open gsimple.ex~ You want to open gsinstal.exe
http://www.gsimple.eu/download.html

[salzburg]

I did the ginstall 8 times and all I get is "install completed" and that is it.
There is a desktop icon which gives me agree- Gsimple.ex~ and Ginstal.

[S.Kontogiannis]

Please take a look at the FAQ page on the web site and the istructions on the download page.

1. Unzip the files in any directory (or the desktop). If you are attempting to execute gsinstal from within WinZip you get nothing
2. Gsinstal will (by default) instal GSimple in the directory c:\Program Files\Gsimple. It will NOT add a shortcut on your desktop. Please look for gsimple.exe in this directory

[salzburg]

Thank you for your help. I have been succesful in opening this program.
It looks like something I can use. My problem is that I am quite new to
the computer world and they somewhat mistify me at my age. But I keep
trying.

[S.Kontogiannis]

Yet another version of GSimple now available at www.gsimple.eu. The new version (1.10) includes a configurable postproccesor called GSPOST.EXE.
GSIMPLE will invoke GSPOST automatically if the machine configuration file containes postproccesor commands, but GSPOST may also be used independeltly of GSIMPLE.
GSPOST will "translate" a standart g-code file (sorry, only the conmands used by gsimple) to almost anything compatible. In the web site you will find an example of a g-code to g-code translation file. This is a file doing actually nothing, but it is a good example showing how to configure GSPOST.
There is also a 5-page long introductory note (rtf format).

[ed/man]

cool software is it just me i can't import DXF file. import and open is the same thing right.