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You can generate Gcode directly from Sketchup Make with the SketchUcam plugin [MEDIA]
you can use a macro to park it near home, say G21 G53 G0 X-10 y-10 z-10 then it only has to move 10mm to home when you start up again. saves a...
There are a couple of post processors that claim to output dxf for certain models of laser/plasma cutters. This may be a way to 'export' dxf (-:
always home, the machine needs a proper sense of self, and home is where the heart is (-:
Homing sorts this for you. Homing sets the machine home, everything else is an offset from machine home, so if home is correct and consistent,...
It is really for plasma cutters which have Z motion. With it off, the nozzle will lift after every cut before moving to the next cut, then has to...
I was only able to align the letters one at a time, but in the end got bored with that and tried the nozzle thing instead after having a brainwave...
I believe the problem is the way you have placed the various parts of the drawing at different heights. Things that are below the top of the stock...
well, I cannot get my test drawing to output code like yours, mine 'just works' (though the pierce delay is useless in laser mode because of the...
SketchUcam, the free plugin for Sketchup, has depthfirst or diameter first hole cutting (-:
quite so, not right. I will debug tonight.
initial look at the gcode says , yes, there is a problem there since there are no G0 codes except the first move. This is probably because you...
there have been alot of changes and some bug fixes since .25 so please update ASAP and regenerate the Gcode. OBControl (and others) does not show...
Buy a Raspbery Pi (3 or 4) install Octoprint connect the printer to the Pi instead of the PC. now you can print via a web interface, and your...
note: a windows update can reset the USB power settings. They reset all sort of things I prefer to have OFF.
also read: Home, Fusion360 and G53 Z moves
they are years old because they have not changed, they were born perfect (-: or in other words, we don't need to change drawings that are correct.
But, not following established practises does pose a safety hazard and a high frustration level warning (-: If this is your first machine, PLEASE...
in that case.... maybe a dock is better, a single plug to do everything including power the laptop (if it has USB-C power input)...
yeah, fusion keeps changing the dialog layouts so publishing instructions rapidly becomes interpretive dance (-: personally I don't use the cloud...