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Third party software and hardware support forums. / RE: Unsupported aftermarket Digitizer Probe for Carbide 3D Shapeoko XX
« on: April 23, 2017, 11:00:39 AM »
Greetings,
I am new to CNC .... so I don't have a lot of CNC knowledge.... Yet…so apologies if my phrasing or context is a little out of sync.
In June or July of this year I plan to purchase Carbide 3D Shapeoko XXL https://shop.carbide3d.com/collections/frontpage/products/shapeoko-xl-kit?variant=15826339270 However I have a hardware / software problem that I need to solve first ....I would really appreciate any assistance / input that this forum could provide..
My Application / Problem
1. I would like to use the Shapeoko CNC Router with a digital probe attached to it to systemically digitize my bas relief art pattern, the goal is to create a digital file which can be rescaled to different sizes .. and be out put in variety materials wood metal, plastics etc.....
2. The master pattern could be anywhere from three quarters to one quarter of an inch thick the overall size will vary. I will be producing hundreds of patterns and would like to do this in house
My request to this forum for Assistance:
3. Is there way to address this through "alternative" software such as Mach 3 or 4 (the hobby version) so I don’t have to go to a third party to scan my bas relief artwork ..
4. Can somebody in this forum please tell me in point form what hardware and software upgrades I would have to make to the Carbide 3D Shapeoko XXL https://shop.carbide3d.com/collections/frontpage/products/shapeoko-xl-kit?variant=1582633927 to accept a digitizer.
Carbide 3D advised me that a their software could not support a digitizer the explanation below was provided:
Excerpts from the Carbide 3's forum:
GRBL G38
GRBL does support G38. (And if my memory is correct we submitted the patch to add it to GRBL right before the Nomad shipped)
Carbide Motion supports G38 as well
Touch probes with Carbide Motion
You could hack a touch probe onto a Shapeoko but you'd need software to probe along a grid, or some other pattern, and then record a point cloud. Then you need to convert it to an STL to create a new toolpath. The hardware and firmware in the Shapeoko would handle this but Carbide Motion doesn't.
Many Thanks and Regards,
Ed
I am new to CNC .... so I don't have a lot of CNC knowledge.... Yet…so apologies if my phrasing or context is a little out of sync.
In June or July of this year I plan to purchase Carbide 3D Shapeoko XXL https://shop.carbide3d.com/collections/frontpage/products/shapeoko-xl-kit?variant=15826339270 However I have a hardware / software problem that I need to solve first ....I would really appreciate any assistance / input that this forum could provide..
My Application / Problem
1. I would like to use the Shapeoko CNC Router with a digital probe attached to it to systemically digitize my bas relief art pattern, the goal is to create a digital file which can be rescaled to different sizes .. and be out put in variety materials wood metal, plastics etc.....
2. The master pattern could be anywhere from three quarters to one quarter of an inch thick the overall size will vary. I will be producing hundreds of patterns and would like to do this in house
My request to this forum for Assistance:
3. Is there way to address this through "alternative" software such as Mach 3 or 4 (the hobby version) so I don’t have to go to a third party to scan my bas relief artwork ..
4. Can somebody in this forum please tell me in point form what hardware and software upgrades I would have to make to the Carbide 3D Shapeoko XXL https://shop.carbide3d.com/collections/frontpage/products/shapeoko-xl-kit?variant=1582633927 to accept a digitizer.
Carbide 3D advised me that a their software could not support a digitizer the explanation below was provided:
Excerpts from the Carbide 3's forum:
GRBL G38
GRBL does support G38. (And if my memory is correct we submitted the patch to add it to GRBL right before the Nomad shipped)
Carbide Motion supports G38 as well
Touch probes with Carbide Motion
You could hack a touch probe onto a Shapeoko but you'd need software to probe along a grid, or some other pattern, and then record a point cloud. Then you need to convert it to an STL to create a new toolpath. The hardware and firmware in the Shapeoko would handle this but Carbide Motion doesn't.
Many Thanks and Regards,
Ed