The plastic is only the start.

A print that uses €0.69 of filament can still be a €6.90 job once you include electricity, failure risk, and time.

Are you pricing the full job, or just the material?

#3DPrinting #3DPrint #3DPrinter #Maker #GCode

A CNC AI answer should be traceable.

Ask CNC Passport now starts with G/M-code questions: prepared references first, AI answer second, visible source block after that.

Useful for checking commands like G41, G71, M98 or G20/G21.

https://cncpassport.com/blog/en/ask-cnc-passport-ai-answers-gm-codes-real-cnc-sources/

#CNC #GCode #Manufacturing #Engineering

NCPlayer now includes Timeline Mode: a way to inspect a CNC program as movements over time.

It helps connect G-code lines, toolpath and execution order, especially around rapid/cutting transitions and mode changes.

https://cncpassport.com/blog/en/timeline-mode-in-ncplayer-viewing-a-cnc-program-over-time/

#CNC #GCode #Manufacturing #IndustrialTech

NCPlayer collaboration mode helps CNC teams review the same G-code in one shared context instead of exchanging screenshots and file versions.

Useful for pre-run checks, remote operator support, training, and postprocessor troubleshooting.

https://cncpassport.com/blog/en/collaboration-mode-in-ncplayer/

#CNC #GCode #Manufacturing #Machining #Engineering

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3D-печать на стероидах: как я научил Creality K1C считать затраты филамента

Чуть больше года назад я купил себе Creality K1C. В целом принтер меня устраивал, но со временем обнаружились кое-какие неудобства и недочёты, и мне захотелось допилить аппарат под себя. В статье расскажу, как я заменил дефолтный примитивный интерфейс и лагающий лаунчер, а самое главное — настроил подсчёт филамента, чтобы мониторить остатки и обеспечивать бесперебойную печать. Читать про автоматизацию филамента

https://habr.com/ru/companies/flant/articles/1003508/

#fdm #3dпринтер #филамент #cfs #gcode #3dпечать #creality #creality_3d_printers

3D-печать на стероидах: как я научил Creality K1C считать затраты филамента

Когда в конце 2024-го я купил Creality K1C, он показался мне иномаркой по сравнению с «Жигулями» — моим прошлым 3D-принтером. Тот я настраивал месяца три, а...

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So I opened the #gcode file and identified the layers (luckily #cura comments out every layer start). I took note of the last printer layer height (checking the only instruction with a Z in it) and removed from the first layer to the 21st. I left in place all the initialization dance and added, between it and the start of the 22st layer, an instruction to move the print head to the previously discovered Z height. I saw the gcode says #Marlin #firmware, so I searched in the Marlin's documentation: https://marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/G000-G001.html
The selected instruction in the screenshot is the one I added. (Continues...)

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If you want to hand-craft #GCode in Visual Studio, I've updated my extension to work with VS2022 and VS2026!

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Useful for #CNC #cncprogramming #3DPrinting #makers

and here's a blog post about it with some bonus: a small #GCode creator for such spiral prints. #3dprinting https://matthias.dittgen.name/blog/halftone-spiral
md Blog | Halftone spiral

I saw this video in different social media streams of mine and had to find out how such a single spiral path portrait can be created.

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Unfortunately, checking is against #kicad, it seems some traces are missing!
I think this is due to all the format conversions: I'm exporting an #svg from kicad, importing in #inkscape, converting to #gcode using a sketchy plugin after a lot of edits to convert objects to traces and so on... 🤷‍♂️