Help for CNC milling with arduino and firefly

Hi Guys,

I'm new of arduino and firefly and I would need help.

I have started a project to auto-build a cnc milling, but I have some doubt.

There is some algorithm that can convertes a 3d model from rhino into a code for arduino?

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Andy Payne on April 7, 2012 at 5:40pm

Hi Stefano,

Unfortunately there is no automatic way to convert 3d models into code to control a CNC mill via an arduino. You would need to write your own logic to make whatever tool paths you want, and then convert that into some sort of motor control (steppers would probably work for this). There are a number of different examples on the forum which show how to make tool paths for CNC machines and some that convert those paths into machine code (like G-code)... but I don't know of a way to convert G-code into motor control. Anyway, like I said, there's no automatic way to do this. It's not an impossible task, but you will likely need to make your own logic to control your mill.

HTH,

Andy

Permalink Reply by stefano on April 10, 2012 at 9:22am