Hello dear folk,

Is it possible to generate 4 axis g-code for a cnc hot-wire cutter using the phlatscript plugin?
If not, do you have any tips of how I can integrate sketchup with other plugins generating a 4 axis path?

Cheers!

 

tvcasualty.com has software available for hotwire cutting with sketchup. tvcasualty is a phlatboy from the early days, and designed/invented his own very unique cnc machine, which he has been selling for a couple years now.

 

Yes!
It's possible to work with editing gcode, with 2 drawings (if the two sides of the cut are different), one for each side of the cut, then hand-editing the gcode (Notepad)

With a design you create a gcode for 2 axes (X, Y) to one side of the hot wire and the other drawing you create another gcode (X, Y) to the other side of the hot wire.

In notepad, you replace X and Y by the desired axis, and edit each line of the first gcode and sum the corresponding row of the second gcode for each movement

ex
X10 Y20 (first)
X7 Y15 (second) -> replace X for "A", Y for "B" (in notepad) = A7 B15

(first) + (second) -> X10 Y20 A7 B15 (control line)

For equal sides simply generate only one gcode and make the axes of the opposite side with slaves in the control program (MACH3)

Who knows if someone to automate this process?
(sorry the quality of the text - google translator)

 

I actually forgot that I asked for this here hehe. However, I bought devfus foam for approx. 80 box. Made my first test cut yesterad and the quality of it turned out to be really good even though I was holding the foam part by hand. The bad thing is that u are restricted to fuselages.

I hope there will be a plugin like phlatscript plugin but for 4 axis, cause of the "easyness" of drawing.

A picture of the segment: