• Pcb-gcode Eagle 6

For a long time, people using Eagle for designing PCBs and pcb-gcode to generate mill files for RepRap based cnc machines complained a missing feature/bug in pcb-gcode: All generated outline milling for the PCBs is cut in one go. As you can imagine, using a 1 mm endmill, even though carbide coated, doesn't like running through 1.8 mm fiber glass board in one go. People (including me) requested this feature for a while but it was no where to be seen. One of the goals for this project is to have the simplest solution for everything possible.

Very much like the OtherMill software, where everything just works straight out of the box as long as you follow the rules that are clearly laid out for you. Therefore, adding Z slices for the PCB outlines to the gcode by hand only to mill out the PCB was not an option anymore. So, as if I didn't read enough foreign code this weekend, I dug into yet another code. Luckily, Eagle uses a scripting language for their ULP files that is very much like C, so adapting to that was easy and very straight forward. I added a text field to the pcb-gcode-setup that allows to set the number of slices used to cut the outline of the PCB: I also modified two more files to add the actual functionality. It turned out to be extremely easy since I essentially only added a text field and a for-loop where the commands are generated written to gcode file. I'm very happy with the results.

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Readme.textile PCB-GCODE GCode Generation Utility Copyright © 2004-2013 by John Johnson Software, LLC All Rights Reserved Please visit the or the or the or email. Certified Open Source Software. This work is now distributed under the from the Open Source Initiative. I would like to see and possibly include any changes you make to the software. This program generates for milling PC boards.

It creates g-code for milling trace outlines for the Top and Bottom layers. This can be done with a so that slivers between most traces are removed. It also generates drill files as seen from the top and bottom, with pauses for changing bits.

It generates milling layer data as seen from the top or bottom of the board. It also generates text engraving code for any text on the Milling layer. More Information There is a website with forums, downloads, etc. For pcb-gcode. There is a dedicated to the users of pcb-gcode.

There you will find other users, a mailing list for discussing pcb-gcode, photos of user’s machines and boards, databases of suppliers, bugs, faqs and suggestions, and more. Also, please add yourself to the pcb-gcode I like to see where the people are that use pcb-gcode. I have never received any spam from Frappr! Installation To use this version, you must have Eagle 5 or above. If you want to use Eagle 4.16x or 4.17, please use.

Pcb-gcode Eagle 6

Unzip the pcb-gcode archive and move the files to a folder. I like to create an eagle folder in my $HOME directory, then create a ulp folder there, and put the pcb-gcode files in it. In the Eagle Control Panel, in Options Directories add the path to the ulp folder you created as the first entry in the User Language Programs option. Here are typical paths for the operating systems Eagle supports:.