CNCTools - A G-Code editor, parser and transformer written in java.
(c) 2013-2014 R. van Twisk - http://riesvantwisk.com/cnctools - Source repository : https://github.com/rvt/cnctools
You need to have a recent version of Java 7 insatlled on your system before you can build cnctools You can verify this by entering on your command promot 'java -version', you should see something like:
java version "1.7.0_45" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)
Get a clone of CNC tools using, I choose my home directory for explanation, but you might want to choose a better location for your perpose.
rvt@rvt:~$ git clone http://github.com/rvt/cnctools Cloning into 'cnctools'... remote: Reusing existing pack: 679, done. remote: Counting objects: 158, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (101/101), done. remote: Total 837 (delta 50), reused 130 (delta 30) Receiving objects: 100% (837/837), 342.84 KiB | 389.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (429/429), done. Checking connectivity... done rvt@rvt:~$ cd cnctools rvt@rvt:~/cnctools$
After that you can compile with: mvn clean install and you will end up with a jar file in the target directory under /cnctools/target
Please note that the first compilation might take a while to download all needed libraries. However, after that they are cached and compilation should be quickly (seconds).
rvt@rvt:~/cnctools$ mvn install [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Reactor Build Order: [INFO] [INFO] CNC Tools [INFO] CNC - G-Code generator [INFO] CNC - G-Code Parser [INFO] CNC - Tools .. .. .. [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:2.3.2:jar (default-jar) @ cnctools --- [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Reactor Summary: [INFO] [INFO] CNC Tools ......................................... SUCCESS [0.002s] [INFO] CNC - G-Code generator ............................ SUCCESS [2.617s] [INFO] CNC - G-Code Parser ............................... SUCCESS [0.144s] [INFO] CNC - Tools ....................................... SUCCESS [4.618s] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 7.653s [INFO] Finished at: Mon Jan 13 19:59:58 ECT 2014 [INFO] Final Memory: 10M/245M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rvt@rvt:~/cnctools$
Note 1: On OS/X and Linux you need to do one extra step to ensure the JavaFX environment is setup properly, see also : http://zenjava.com/javafx/maven/fix-classpath.html
rvt@rvt:~$ sudo bash root@rvt:~# export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v1.7) root@rvt:~# mvn com.zenjava:javafx-maven-plugin:2.0:fix-classpath [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] --- javafx-maven-plugin:2.0:fix-classpath (default-cli) @ standalone-pom --- .. .. Are you sure you want to continue? (y/n) y [WARNING] Fixing JRE bootclasspath to include JavaFX runtime and native files [WARNING] All applications using JRE will be affected: ....../jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre [INFO] JFX Runtime JAR already exists in the JRE extensions directory, no action was taken (...../jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/ext/jfxrt.jar) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 3.048s [INFO] Finished at: Mon Jan 13 20:04:30 ECT 2014 [INFO] Final Memory: 7M/310M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ root@rvt:~# exit
Note 2: If you are planning to make changes you can re-compile the project without issuing clean just use mvn install, then you can re-run as normally (see below).
Simply run:
rvt@rvt:~/cnctools$ cd cnctools rvt@rvt:~/cnctools/cnctools$ export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Djava.library.path=target/natives -Xmx256m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:MaxPermSize=64m -Xss1m" rvt@rvt:~/cnctools/cnctools$ mvn jfx:run
This is a alpha version and I am still developing this application to get feedback from everybody. The file format that's currently used to store all program settings is likely to change and not backwards compatible when I move through alpha, beta and release candidates, if you feel this is important please drop me a note and I can see if I can put htis higher on the list.
- Stabalise the g-code generator so it will beaser to generate gcode in little snippets
- Groovy based dialog's and that can hook into CNCtool without re-compiling
- Various tools like facing, pocketing
- DXF to G-Code generator
- G-Code wrapper to wrap a file from XYZ to XZA for indexers
- Various transformations
- Optimise G-Code preview with better control of zooming, panning, rotating etc, locators (XYZ etc)
- Handle more G-Code words and do better error checking on G-Code
BSD3, see LICENSE file
Example showing 3 operations executed after eachother for one project.
In this case 3 pocket's at different depth's.
