I am making my first tiled sign. I have it set up as two distinct jobs. First part of the sign; stop; shift the material to the midpoint; start the final part of the sign.
Has anyone used the MO gcode to pause the job; shift material; restart / finish? It seems to me this would be a bit more efficient.
Would be interested if anyone has insight on this. Thanks in advance, Bill
Are you describing tiling?
Yeah I managed this. I insert the below gcode at the point I want to pause using Fusion 360 “Manual NC” command that basically allows you to insert whatever GCode you want at a specific point in the program.
G90
G53 G0 Z-10
G53 G0 X0 Y0
M1
G53 G0 Z0
The code retracts the spindle, moves to the origin (back left) and then does an M1 code to pause. It will sit there until you hit “Start” in carbide motion and then it will return to wherever it was and keep going.
BTW there seems to be a buffering issue where GRBL/the shapeoko doesn’t register the M1 command until it has parsed the line after, so I just put in an extract Z movement and it works nicely.
Obviously, adding random g code might have unexpected results so test it carefully - works on my machine with Fusion 360 but can’t be sure with other setups.
Yes, that is what I am describing. I have figured out a way to make a long sign. What I think I wanted was to ‘stop’ the gcode at the point I needed to shift the material. Instead, I created two carbide create files instead. I’m sure there is an easier way, and I will go back and relook at that video (which I have watched several times already). At least now that I have actually done it, it should be easier. Thanks.
If you wish to do tiling manually, see: