Can any of these programs be used with a machine other than Carbide Create? I am using a Makermade CNC500 desktop… It was recommended that I try V6.42. When I try to connect there are only Carbide Create machines listed.
The Machine Selection is only a reminder of what sort of machine a job was set up for, and for folks who don’t have Carbide 3D machines, a bit of advertising.
You will want a Pro license to run Carbide Create and export G-code suite to use with other machines, see:
Carbide Create (CAD/CAM) can be used with the post processor of “Basic G-Code and/or GBRL” With either of those two post processors you can use the free Carbide Create or buy the pro. The issue is you are limited to v6 of Carbide Create because in V7 of CC they started encrypting the gcode into the .c2d file. You would have to buy the Pro version to extract the separate gcode files needed for a 3rd party machine. Another issue with 3rd party machines is advanced vcarve will not work because they do not have the BitSetter functionality. Many have the BitZero function but an advanced vcarve is one toolpath with 2 tools. C3D has a website to extract an advanced vcarve tool path into two tool paths so you can do advanced vcarve if you turn the single toolpath into two tool paths.
Carbide Motion (communication/control) will only work with C3D machines. So for your 3rd party machine you would need to use a different gcode sender. Maybe your OEM has a gcode sender or there are many free 3rd party gcode senders. C3D v6 Carbide Create outputs .nc files for gcode. Some 3rd party controllers require .tap or another extension to load your tool paths. Gcode is a simple text file and if required you can rename the file with the extension your particular machine needs to run the files.
The C3D website to turn your advanced vcarve:
https://my.carbide3d.com/extractgcode/
You have to log into the community which you obviously have access to.
Also is a 3rd party site by a community user:
Please excuse the interruption.You stated advanced Vcarve does not work on third party machines so I just thought I would let you know that under the machine setting of “GRBL” for third party machines, advanced Vcarve does allow you to change bits without bit setters and there is no problem finding z again. It works perfectly fine just like it’s supposed to do.
If you read my above reply you will see that there is a way to do advanced vcarve on machines without a BitSetter. There is also a way to extract gcode from a C3D site without pro. It would be easier with Pro but not impossible.
None of this says that you can do it without a bit setter,
“Another issue with 3rd party machines is advanced vcarve will not work because they do not have the BitSetter functionality. Many have the BitZero function but an advanced vcarve is one toolpath with 2 tools. C3D has a website to extract an advanced vcarve tool path into two tool paths so you can do advanced vcarve if you turn the single toolpath into two tool paths.”
It is so easy without bitsetters that you don’t need to extract code at all. It works normally as it should. You don’t even need to turn it into two tool paths. None of this is necessary. Every thing else you said is 100% correct and right on the money.
Look at the post above. There is a 3rd party site made by one of our users that can split advanced vcarve into two tool paths so you can do advanced vcarve without a BitSetter. The user fenrus made this back when the BitSetter was new and he did not have one but wanted to do advanced vcarve. It is clunky but possible. Of course it would be better/easier with a BitSetter but not impossible.
See the GcodeSplit link. This forum has some very talented people.
If using v7 cc extract the gcode, then go to the GcodeSplit website and change the single tool path into two tool paths
I am one of those users you are talking about. None of that is necessary. If he had a problem then he was using “Basic GRBL” and not GRBL.
Basic GRBL does not give the proper pause command.
I’ve never had to split it into two paths. I don’t have a Bitsetter and I don’t even have a Shapeoko.
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