Hello @AbearDesign, is this only for Visual Mill?
I have bought Aspire in the end. So I can draw with Rhinoceros, export in dxf and generate the toolpath with Aspire
I havenāt tested it, but its for rhinocam which is visualmill plugin for rhino.
I will try testing this week. Havenāt touched my machine since January and need to finish installing and calibrating the x controller
I will report back when I do test and let you know results.
this is great!!!
i will test it asap.
I have a file that I know gave problems with the mach 3 post, letās see what it does now
How can I download that pp and put it in Rhino?
you can either copy paste from the link above or go to the link below and scroll to x-carve grbl.spm and click save as. it needs to be placed in the directory with other post processors
C:\ProgramData\MecSoft Corporation\RhinoCAM 2014 for Rhino 5.0\Posts\Mill
is where mine is located
Thanks! Iāll try if it work! (but I guess it shoud)
so long as you are using rhinocam, it should (still havenāt personally tested)
I tried to generate a toolpath and imported it in Easel just to check if it works, and seem donāt recognize it
hmm. ill be trying with ugcs this weekend.
to follow up. I havenāt done 3d / 3axis cut yet, but just finished a 2.5 and everything went well.
it was also my first time using the x controller on a cut. Still need to calibrate it but, it was close enough for a quick box.
to clarify my steps/process using the post processor
In rhino, I setup x-carve grbl as my post processor, setup tool paths, then exported the nc file. Ran it to the machine from UGCS
I made my part in inches.
After I calibrate, I will be testing 3d cuts. Between the wife and kids, not sure when that will be.
But, if it works with UCGS it should work with Easel too, Iām correct?
no.
it has a few commands that arenāt in easels database. However, there is a fix to be able to use easel by changing an option.
I made a full tutorial for rhinocam. Link below, I hope it helps.
Oh thatās nice!
I only asked because I thought that Easel was a sort of ācode testā, so I automatically thought that if donāt work with Easel, useless to try.
Iāll ask a friend that currently use Rhinocam by 2 or 3 year if he can āteachā me on how to make basic toolpath. I actually found that Aspire is really really easy to use.
Personally, once you learn rhinocam, you will find it has more flexibility and capabilities. However, I learned on rhinocam and havenāt fooled enough with aspire to say that with certainty. But when trying to accomplish the same task, there didnāt seem to be as much level of control. They also have a lot of tutorials on their YouTube channel.
Yeah Rhinocam has probably a steeper learning curve than say meshcam, but once you get used to it, it really gives you lots of control options.
I carved these slingshot scales yesterday with the X-carve post. 6 hours of roughing (I donāt have rigidity mods atm and purpleheart is really really dense) and 2 hours for the finishing pass. Seems to be working perfectly.
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