I would like to use this picture of my grandmother’s writing to make something for my mom. Is there anyone that could explain to me how to get the .svg into a gcode that I can load and cut?
Thanks in advance,
Jason
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There are online simple gcode generators/CAM. That might work okay for a simple SVG like this file if you just want to try and get going on something quickly. Here’s one (although I have no personal experience with it):
https://sameer.github.io/svg2gcode/
EDIT: Actually, it doesn’t look like this one lets you set a tool (or router bit if you will) size/etc and that’s probably not a good solution for the M4.
I think https://www.estlcam.de/ is quite popular with folks in the forums and the creator has posted a few times. It’s free to try and there’s tutorial videos on that website to help get you started.
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estlcam definitely supports SVG to GCode
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I’m a Fusion 360 user so can’t really help with the other programs. This is using the 2D Engrave toolpath.
I Love You Very Much.f3d (611.8 KB)
Jason_Cornelius_001.nc (122.7 KB)
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Thank you so, so much!
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And I then went and took Frank’s good work and threw it through GCodeClean (yeah I know).
And so.
Jason_Cornelius_001-gcc-ts.nc (97.0 KB)
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You guys are awesome. Thank you so much!
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Just to follow up on some online options, I think this dev might be an original Maslow user. Some references during its development in our forums:
For simple operations, the online tool is probably useful. It does let you setup the tool/bit size. But, as mentioned before, taking the time to learn something like Estlcam will be really useful for big/complex projects.
And this visualize/simulate tool is a nice compliment to the online tool although a bit kludgy to use with a copy/paste requirement for the g-code:
https://nraynaud.github.io/webgcode/
You can step through the g-code and see what it is supposed to do.
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Estlecam is simple for beginners too.
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You can also try NC Viewer // GCode Viewer and Machine Simulator
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Frank what post processor are you using in Fusion to successfully generate gcode for Maslow 4. ?
I’m using the Maslow post processor on the fusion website. Once downloaded change it so that helical moves are allowed.
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Thanks for that Frank . I didn’t look for it before asking.
Oh your boxes in that thread look great. Remind me of YouTuber version.
Hoping to build frame and calibrate this weekend.
Frank Wiebenga wrote:
I’m using the Maslow post processor on the fusion website. Once downloaded change it so that helical moves are allowed.
That is actually designed for the original maslow, so it’s more restrictive than
the maslow 4 needs (I haven’t looked to see what gcode grbl/fluidns/maslow4 can
do that the original maslow couldn’t), but a subset of gcode is always safe.
David Lang