Carbide motion with Vectric vcarve pro

[bano119 (tony albano)]

Hi, new owner of a Shapeoko 5. I am using Vcarve 12 to make my designs and then sending the gcode to the Shapeoko. Is there any way of seeing a cutting animation in this arrangement. If possible, i would like a simulation of the cutting files prior to being connected to my Shapeoko which is out in the shop.

thank you,
tony albano
wecarve.com

[CullenS (Cullen Simpson)]

You mean beyond the simulation provided within VCarve?

Check out this thread about CM 637 from earlier in the day:

Please Help With CM 637 3D Rendering Test

We just posted CM 637 at Carbide Motion Beta Downloads . We added an OpenGL-based rendering test to the Inspect Toolpath window and we’d like to see if there are problems with it in the wild. [image] It’s not even a feature yet, much less usable, but we need to get testing feedback before going further. We had a ton of OpenGL trouble with Windows when we first added the simulation view to Carbide Create. A lot of time has passed, so we’re hoping that any remotely modern PC will run this co…

There are other gcode simulation packages out there that I have seen others on the forum mention but I have not tried any.

[CrookedWoodTex (Tex (Don't Mess With My Texas!))]

The old standby is NCviewer the gcode viewer.

[bano119 (tony albano)]

Thanks! i had no idea there were gcode viewers. i will give it a try. Once Gcode is saved from the Vcarve and loaded into CarbideMotion. i cant open carbide motion with out the machine being connected. i will play around with a gcode viewer.
thanks!

[bano119 (tony albano)]

thanks for sure going to look into this

[bano119 (tony albano)]

yep, just what i was looking for. thanks!