[Plugin] 2.5D CAM Plugin 20121202

icoff

Nice job! I'm sorry but I don't know very well english to follow all your explanation... but I'm very interesting in this plugin because I want to buy a CNC mill in the next week....
So i ask you humbly if you can explain me how make work this plugin.
I download the V5,0 and I try use it, but there are something wrong in my program because don't work.
Some simply questions:
It's necessary to have other plugin installed and which?
I use in SU centimeter as measure unit; in the first window that is open (where I can enter the parameter of the milling...) what kind of measure unit do you use?
In the ruby consol I see an error that you can see in the image below.

Ok, after this post I go in my control panel and change the level in "Beginner".....

jgro11

Can you post the Sketchup model? I'll take a look at it and see if I can figure out what's happening. Also, can you give me what settings you are using?

jgro11

jgro11

@icoff said:

I download the V5,0 and I try use it, but there are something wrong in my program because don't work.
Some simply questions:
It's necessary to have other plugin installed and which?
The only plugin you should need is TIG's Smart offset. It was included in the zip file with V05. Double check that TIG-Smart_offset.rb is in your plugin folder.

@icoff said:

I use in SU centimeter as measure unit; in the first window that is open (where I can enter the parameter of the milling...) what kind of measure unit do you use?
You set your units in Sketchup in "Window", "Model Info". The plugin should be able to handle metric units.
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icoff

Yhank you for the reply.
The TIG's Smart offset plugin is on my folder of plugin...
I send you a picture of my setting of the model (I try also with millimeter but without results...) and the SU file (a simply form....)

Senza titolo.skp

jboots420

this is my error. help

C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC_Files/CNC_Profile_Defaults.txt
Error: #<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC_Files/CNC_Profile_Defaults.txt>
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:124:in initialize' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:124:in new'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:124:in inputs' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:76:in activate'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:902:in `select_tool'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:902

Dave R

CNC_Profile_Defaults.txt is a file the plugin writes in the Plugins folder and apparently it couldn't. Most likely a permissions problem with the Plugins folder. Make sure you have full read and write permissions established.

jboots420

I have all read and write premissions on. this is the new error I get. I cant get a tool path of the part.

C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC_Files/CNC_Profile_Defaults.txt
nil
2
nil
nil
nil
#Sketchup::Face:0xa8a9378
nil
nil
Error: #<TypeError: can't convert nil into String>
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:869:in initialize' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:869:in new'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:869:in gcode_write' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:230:in mode'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:79:in activate' C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:902:in select_tool'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/CNC-profile.rb:902

Dave R

Post screenshots of your Plugins folder and the folder called CNC_Files.

Eljustino

I have the same error.

please help...

I am using sketchup 8 on Mac OSx

( i also have read and write permission on )

error

bryon

I like your script a lot. I have noticed though, that sometimes the tool paths need a little tweaking. How hard would it be to implement a way to adjust the generated paths and re-run the gcode generation?

Thanks for your hard work!

motis

Hi,

Am new to CNC and SketchUcation. I have been trying to find plug ins that will help. This looks great. I found it in the store and did an auto install. It seemed to go thru the motions. Nothing shows up in the "Pluggins". I tried downloading the zip file and doing an install from Window -> Preferences -> Extensions -> Install Extensions. It shows an .rb file and the install is looking for a .rbz. Thanks in advance for your help.

Best Regards

TIG

You must have FULL security permission to 'manage' files in your Plugins folder - t's been discussed at length in several posts here... Do a search...
If you have a .ZIP archive simply rename it as a .RBZ... and it ought to auto-install OK from the Preferences > Extensions > Install button...

joewood

So as I am getting into cnc I thought I try this plugin, but I am not having much luck.
. reloaded the plugin cnc2.5d v05
. arc_offset_true is installed(with new download of cnc2.5d) under Tools
. Tig_smart_offset is also installed but greyed out
. made the part(24",3",1") with mortise(1",3",.5")a group
. got the option menu, filled in the appropriate values and hit O.K.
. that's as far as I got
. where is the script?

now what. I know I did something wrong(it is usually me)

. it says file stored in the plugin folder, can't find it

......... thanks .....joe

Ellipser

Thanks for making this file. It worked for me first time.

tramspotters

Hi,
I´ve downloaded your plugin, but nothing works. I´m using the german version of Sketchup with , instead of . for the delimiter. Your scripts puts the coordinates from Sketchup with the ,. This was easy to find and I can make a search and replace with a texteditor. The next problem is that my CNC program complains the missing of M06 and the workplace is set to a strange position although i put the object on the zero point of my system.

Do you have an idea if this might be a fail?

Thanks for your help
Guido

mtech

Can't get this to work in Sketchup 2014

Update:

Downloaded from sketchucam and it installed and works ok.

edgars

how instal CNC-profile plugin?

TIG

This is one of the few Plugins not available in the PluginStore.
If you download the ZIP file in the first post in this thread, you have three choices - listed from the easiest to the most difficult...

Use the SketchUcation Toolset submenu from within Sketchup to 'Install Archive' the downloaded ZIP [assumes you have already done the one-off download of the SketchUcation RBZ and manually installed it] - this SketchUcation AutoInstaller works for both RBZ and ZIP archives [after all an RBZ is simply a ZIP file renamed with another suffix!]
Rename the downloaded ZIP file with a .RBZ file-type suffix, this RBZ archive can the be installed using the Preferences > Extensions > Install... button. This sounds easy... BUT, you will need to set your Windows folder options to show all file-type suffixes, otherwise you could rename it XXX.rbz.zip rather than XXX.zip >>> XXX.rbz and it won't install !
Extract the contents of the downloaded ZIP file into a temporary folder, then manually move the entire contents of that folder into the SketchUp Plugins folder, ensuring that any files within subfolders remain intact, in the same relationship they had within the ZIP itself. This method is fraught with danger... and many fail because they do not manage this task successfully ! Leaving a mess to be cleaned up later... That is why the new RBZ format, and then the SketchUcation ZIP installer were invented...

wilsonbuilt78

Hi
This is a great plugin! I have installed it and its generating gcode. I am now attempting to edit it to write gcode correctly for my SCM router which uses Xilog. I have no programming experience.

My first problem is that the stock size that the script generates is incorrect(stock size is required in header of my particular router):

Line generated: ( Stock Size: 3.93700787401575 x 3.93700787401575 x 0.62992125984252 )
Should read: (100x100x16)

I am working in mm and have set the units in model info to mm.

Is there a simple fix to this problem?

Once I have completed editing the script to output correctly for my router I will make available on this forum for other users of SCM routers.

Best Regards
Stephen

driven

Sketchup.format_length( 3.93700787401575).to_f

returns 100.0 if model units are set to mm...

the script is not doing this, so it needs to be added, by the author or yourself...
do a search for Sketchup.format_length and you should find the easiest way to apply it for all the numbers...
john