I find that I frequently forget to add the tool name and speed to my toolpath file in Vectric so I decided to try and add that to the gcode file by editing the post processor file. I added the following statements to a copy of the post processor.
Just after the FILE_EXTENSION = “ncg” statement
POST_NAME = “OneFinity (inch_Rex)”
Just after the begin REVISION_COMMENT statement
- Add tool name, tool notes, & router speed to header
- By Rex Hanson 31Jan2022
“%”
“(VECTRIC POST REVISION)”
“([REVISION])”
“%”
“( Tool: [TOOLNAME])”
“(Tool Note: [TOOL_NOTES])”
“(Spindle Speed: [S])”
“%”
“%”
When I install the edited post processor file into VCarve it takes it just fine.
When I save a tool path it runs fine and creates the following statements at the top of my gcode file:
%
(VECTRIC POST REVISION)
(6BDF1E92470D996358027BC36CAD5196)
%
( Tool: Tapered Ball Nose (6.2°, Tip 1/64 - 1/4"))
(Tool Note: Amana 46280-S)
(Spindle Speed: S19000)
%
%
This all seems good, except there are two problems. The first is that when I try to load it onto my OneFinity machine I get the following error message:
| Level | Location | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Error | 0 | Invalid character: ‘)’ At: /var/lib/bbctrl/upload/Test new PP_Inlay Plug_1-Pocket Texas Plug.ngc:5:1 |
- 1 {“message”:“Unable to read file - doesn’t appear to be GCode.”,“code”:400}
The other problem is that if I examine rest of the gcode it appears that all of the moves have different values.
Anyone know what I’m doing wrong?
Thank you!