HSM gcode/backplotter

[daniel_lyall]

the G-code editor/ backplotter what HSMWorks/Xpress use`s is a really good program could we please have it in fusion

[kb9ydn]

I think the major issue preventing this is that there is no MAC version of that editor.

Something targeted specifically at G-code and machining would be nice though.

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[daniel_lyall]

thats ok

[daniel_lyall]

@kb9ydn thats what it does it has backplot and sim and you can use it to change the code

[kb9ydn]

Yeah, I have HSMXpress so I use the editor that came with it (which is just a re-branded Cimco editor).  It's WAY better than the brackets editor that comes with Fusion.  The problem is that Cimco doesn't have a MAC version so the MAC users would be out of luck.

I don't know if there even is a Gcode specific editor for MAC at all.

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[al.whatmough]

What part of the editor is it you like?

If it is the Syntaxing, (Color coded Gcodes) that is something we are working on.

If it is the Backplotting of the Gcode, that is a much harder problem. 

Backplotting is actually an "inverse post processor"  Takes G-code and puts in back into moves that we can present on the screen.

If we made a mistake with creating the Gcode it is likely that we would make the same mistake interpreting it.

With that said, it would be very interesting to see the posted code in fusion  This would allow a user to see the code and the toolpath side by side.

Ironically, this is an easier problem to solve.

Net-Net.

Near term - We will syntax the code in brackets

Longer term - We will work to show the posted code in Fusion.

[daniel_lyall]

thank's @al.whatmough I like the hole thing it would be good just to have the HSM one.

brackets as it is now is a wast of spaces to me it is useliss no copy, past to much missing. I just use notepad++ to do any Gcode editing even the Gcode editor in Mach4 is better.

not being rude just straight to the point

[al.whatmough]

Fair point.

However, if we do our job right, no user should ever be editing the posted code.

If you are, the Post is wrong and we need to fix it.

[kb9ydn]

The syntax highlighting is nice, as is backplotting (though I never use it).  But what I like about HSMEdit is that I can send files directly to the machine over RS-232.

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[msheridan523]

I like editing my gcode because some of the POST Processor elements do not put M1 stops where I want them and I also like to add a remove the tool from the spindle as my final step before the program ends, but the POST Processor does not have an option to add this. What I am saying is that editing a POST is not always issues with the code being posted sometimes its to add in callouts for macros or to tweak stops or other features for user preference. Brackets makes it very difficult to do anything, where as the HSM Edit tool is fantastic.