Can I use this website for my Genmitsu 4040 Pro? If so, what are the limitations of using it, if any?
I’m assuming you mean the software and the limitations are you have to pay for pro to export gcode and STL file import is kinda only for artistic purposes (both pro features)
If you don’t mind working in a basic 2d CADish environment and not using it for anything non metal (unless you don’t mind breaking things while learning to trick the software into better toolpaths) then it could be right for you. The yearly cost is like a month and a half of fusion premium but fusion is technically free if you dont mind one tool path at a time and a max of 10 projects (can trick it to get more going technically) which with a machine like that isn’t exactly much of a punishment.
You can use Carbide Create Pro with pretty much any machine:
Hey Guys, Thanks for the response.
Here’s the story. . . I am new to CNC woodworking, I have the Genmitsu 4040 Pro and a laser engraver, and now I just have to get busy making cool things, because I started a woodworking and home decor/personalization business just recently. I have looked around the interweb and seem to always get pointed back to this website.
I would like to start out making signage and other common or simple projects and then warm my way up to more detailed and intricate projects. I just need a good base to start on. Should I start with Pro right away or use the free version to and learn the ropes?
Suggestions Wanted,
I am pretty sure Carbide Motion will not work on your machine. @WillAdams will verify if I am correct.
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As noted at:
https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v7/
Current versions of Carbide Create store G-code in the .c2d file which may then be extracted by Carbide Motion, which will only connect to Carbide 3D machines.
There is a 2-week timed trial license available from the page on Pro — try that to see if it will suit your purposes.
Carbide Create Pro with the basic gcode or GBRL post processors will work and then you extract the gcode. Carbide Motion only works on C3D machines. You can use several 3rd party gcode senders to send the gcode you produced in Carbide Create. Many 3rd party machines have a BitZero like puck but I am not aware of any with the BitSetter function. Your machine may have its own gcode sender as well. So you send one gcode tool path at a time and set your zeros before starting a new tool path. If you do not power down your 3rd party machine between tool paths the original zeros may be persistent but you would have to verify that on the machine you have. However if you run a tool path and power down and start again tomorrow on a 2,3,4th toolpath I would set your zeros before starting.
I understand that advanced vcarve toolpaths do not work on 3rd party machines because of the lack of the BitSetter functionality.
There is a 3rd party website that worked in the past that can split up an advanced vcarve from one tool path to two toolpaths.
https://fenrus75.github.io/FenrusCNCtools/javascript/gcodesplit.html
Carbide3d has a site that I have not checked on in a while to do the same thing.
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