The feature of ChiliPeppr / GCode that move the tool to the position indicated by any particular line of GCode is very handy. Is the converse also available – can I move the cursor to a particular tool path and have the related GCode show up somewhere? I suspect the answer is no. Since feel like a mooch asking lots of questions and for features that don’t exist, I want to contribute to this development effort. It will take a while, but I bought some books on Javascript, HTML and CSS. Hopefully I will be able to produce something in the not too distant future (I have lots of ideas).
I see they have something like that in Laserweb4 and some other nice ideas. Too bad the two projects are overlapping but not synergistic. Right now my biggie is the file size limit in Chilipeppr but that may be a hard nut to crack and I have no time to do coding, it is a major time suck and I try to contribute by helping users create things with these tools. I hope your ideas come to life in the not too distant future. Chilipeppr has been a joy to use as it is.
If you click a line in the gcode widget it moves the pointer in 3d viewer to the start or end position. We would welcome any help if you can code. The more, the merrier.
@Rick_Obel I think what you are asking for may be there but I can’t recall precisely and cannot test here. Click on the inspect button and then on the toolpath. Iirc you see the gcode corresponding gcode line.
Justin – I will try that. It would be great if that functionality already exists!
I just tried Inspect Mode – it is excellent! ChiliPeppr is excellent. Thanks everyone for sharing. -Rick
Ahh, I see. You were looking for Inspect Mode originally. Yes, Inspect Mode is an amazing feature and was actually kind of hard to implement, but it has saved me many times. You should watch my Youtube video on how to fix messed up jobs in ChiliPeppr and you’ll see Inspect Mode is key to fixing. Also, “Set As New Start Position” is key to fixing messed up jobs as well.
John, I have tried to find and watch all of your videos, most multiple times. I will try to find and watch the inspect Mode video, but through trial and error have become quite proficient at using it, and using “Set As New Start Position”. Thank you for sharing all of that.
Is there a video on setting up an arduino to run SPJS, and accessing that arduino over either a local network or the internet?
No, there’s no video I know of that covers setting up SPJS and connecting to an Arduino, but in a way that’s a basic function that people are doing everyday to connect ChiliPeppr to their CNC controller. What you could do is just use the serial port workspace if you just want to connect to an Arduino and send/receive text to it and have a simpler interface to learn the ins and outs.