Post Processor for LinuxCNC and PlasmaC

Rod,
One thing you need to remember is that the F word MUST be after the M66 line so that it reads the feed rate from the correct material.

Cheers, Phill.

phillc54 wrote: Rod,
One thing you need to remember is that the F word MUST be after the M66 line so that it reads the feed rate from the correct material.

Cheers, Phill.

Phil, yes, thats all fixed now. The guys seemed to be impatient so I did your trick and did about 47 new versions in 24 hours.

For the followers, I have uploaded a new version on another thread. This zip file includes the post processor, a sample dxf file and the generated output from Sheetcam where I made a seperate layer for the holes and used a Sheetcam tool with a special name "CenterPunch" to mark the hole centres. Its only a small file so even guys with the free version of sheetcam should be able to play with this.
You can download it from here.
forum.linuxcnc.org/media/kunena/attachme...0/Postsamples.tar.gz

How are you setting X0 and Y0 on your machine. I did not see any call outs for offsetting from the machine zero/home position.

JTknives wrote: How are you setting X0 and Y0 on your machine. I did not see any call outs for offsetting from the machine zero/home position.

We are using the default Gmoccappy touchoff buttons for X & Y touchoffs. There are blueish buttons for each axis.

Oh ok. So you are using G54 you just don't need to call it out because its already been called out when linixcnc launches. I had been using g10p20 to set the g54 to my current position.

Has anyone else had a problem getting the gcode program to load in the preview window?

I have tried the program Rod posted earlier in this thread, I have also tried a program I created with Sheetcam using Rods post processor,

Do I need to have the HAL and INI files set up first before it will show?

I would of thought I could of got it to load using the sims.