Chose start location of cut

[Seth]

I know Carbide Create doesn’t support this feature and Cut2D from Veteick does but there is no post processor to use it with the Nomad 883 Pro. Does anyone know of a software that works with the Nomad where nodes can be selected for a path lead in / start? I need a dovetail bit to plunge off the work, make a cut into the part and leave the part before retracting and then move on to the next path repeating over and over.

When is Vetric going to start putting a post processor for Carbide 3D machines

Seth

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Vectric has included a post-processor for our machines since v8.5.

For Cut2D on the Pro see:

https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/File:Carbide3D-Nomad-Inch.pp.txt

https://forum.shapeoko.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7329&p=57904

A Shapeoko w/ BitSetter is equivalent to a Nomad in terms of Post-Processor, so you may want to consider:

neilferreri/V-Carve-PPs

[Gerry]

The Nomad post processor in that link did not work for me in recent versions of Carbide Motion because of the leading spaces it generates on all GCode lines.

I adapted it and updated it for the 10.x series of Vectric software, and have used this (metric) postprocessor on both my Nomad (and now even my Shapeoko) for the last 9 months:

Carbide3D-Nomad-mm.zip (507 Bytes)

It’s zipped so you’ll need to unzip it.