# ********************************************************************************************* # * Copyright (c) 2019/2020 Rene 'Renne' Bartsch, B.Sc. Informatics * # * * # * This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system. * # * * # * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * # * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) * # * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of * # * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * # * for detail see the LICENCE text file. * # * * # * FreeCAD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * # * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * # * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * # * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * # * * # * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public * # * License along with FreeCAD; if not, write to the Free Software * # * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 * # * USA * # * * # ********************************************************************************************/ import FreeCAD import PathScripts from PathScripts import PostUtils import datetime TOOLTIP=''' This is a postprocessor file for the Path workbench. It is used to take a pseudo-gcode fragment outputted by a Path object and output real GCode suitable for the Max Computer GmbH nccad9 Computer Numeric Control. Supported features: - 3-axis milling - manual tool change with tool number as comment - spindle speed as comment !!! gCode files must use the suffix .knc !!!''' MACHINE_NAME = '''Max Computer GmbH nccad9 MCS/KOSY''' # gCode for changing tools # M01 ; Displays and waits for user interaction TOOL_CHANGE = '''G77 ; Move to release position M10 O6.0 ; Stop spindle M01 Insert tool TOOL G76 ; Move to reference point to ensure correct coordinates after tool change M10 O6.1 ; Start spindel''' # gCode finishing the program POSTAMBLE = '''G77 ; Move to release position M10 O6.0 ; Stop spindle''' # gCode header with information about CAD-software, post-processor and date/time HEADER = ''';Exported by FreeCAD ;Post Processor: {} ;CAM file: {} ;Output Time: {} '''.format(__name__, FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.FileName, str(datetime.datetime.now())) # Post processing function def export(objectslist, filename, argstring): # Add header with description gcode = HEADER # Loop through path objects for obj in objectslist: # Loop through command objects for command in obj.Path.Commands: # Manipulate tool change commands if 'M6' == command.Name: gcode += TOOL_CHANGE.replace('TOOL', str(int(command.Parameters['T']))) # Convert spindle speed (rpm) command to comment elif 'M3' == command.Name: gcode += 'M01 Set spindle speed to ' + str(int(command.Parameters['S'])) + ' rounds per minute' # Add other commands else: gcode += command.Name # Loop through command parameters for parameter, value in command.Parameters.items(): # Multiply F parameter value by 10 (FreeCAD = mm/s, nccad = 1/10 mm/s) if 'F' == parameter: value *= 10 # Add command parameters and values gcode += ' ' + parameter + str(round(value, 5)) # Add line-break of command gcode += '\n' # Add postamble gcode += POSTAMBLE + '\n' # Open editor window if FreeCAD.GuiUp: dia = PostUtils.GCodeEditorDialog() dia.editor.setText(gcode) result = dia.exec_() if result: gcode = dia.editor.toPlainText() # Save to file if filename != '-': gfile = open(filename, "w") gfile.write(gcode) gfile.close() # Return return filename