X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=ebrSR/MH c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=TyI9kMWYqVAaWIF43UrbJA==:117 a=TyI9kMWYqVAaWIF43UrbJA==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=Mj1Xp5F7AAAA:8 a=Qm2X8ul6AAAA:8 a=78jFQdGRAAAA:8 a=serxV6v3yMObcN0tFWsA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=OCttjWrK5_uSHO_3Hkg-:22 a=MqpRbEX7CGvWyb0p3i_o:22 a=skhMZi8I3SpUxuOpULJx:22 Subject: Re: [geda-help] G-code output. To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com References: From: "Robin Laing (MeSat AT telusplanet DOT net) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com]" Message-ID: Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 10:44:44 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfK8CtmYz2AddW3ktdCKfcAv/ljCZumGrJIh8TZrrSDalZK0IQ5xfZkW8qDP+8hh99z5Vi6snDj4TvrEiz/kEOD3WcMqGsIkXxvxd8IXrPEdEBEE12kaC +LlpxRRg06sFSVePBblNwF/HTn1GfABm8+NA90F+Ey73EOIMgDjX1H+oEBCUWWNNO/oz5UpBXQxsGBSaahnyLe+MvKx5pt2kbmI= Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On 18/02/18 02:13, Bert Timmerman (bert DOT timmerman AT xs4all DOT nl) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > Robin Laing (MeSat AT telusplanet DOT net) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am new to this list but I have searched through the archives on this >> matter. >> >> On 2017-04-20, there is a message about g-code generation for polygon >> areas.  I am fighting with that now but I wanted to comment on this. >> >> I have been playing with FlacCAM and they have a python script that >> does this job.  It is slow but does provide a profile process to >> create a path for a tool or laser to remove polygon areas. >> >> It may be useful to look at this to implement this feature in PCB. >> >> Robin Laing >> > Hi Robin, > > Thanks for the tip ;-) > > I've been searching the net ... if you happen to have a link to a > FlacCAM web page (or the python script itself), please share ... google > searches with "FlacCAM", "Flac", "CAM", "python", "polygon", "G-code" > etc. turn up a lot of unwanted results. > > Kind regards, > > Bert Timmerman. > Hello Bert, Here is the link to the main page. I did some playing with it last night on a test board (to large for quick tests) and it seems to fill in many of the issues I have with CNC codes that are being generated by all the programs I have tested. http://flatcam.org/ I am focusing on using laser as a prototype method for my one off boards I do on a regular basis. I have used g-code for 3D printing but that was at work and the needs for laser are different. Robin