Buildbotics Forum

The window that displays gcode is for display only. You cannot edit the gcode there. If you want to write gcode by hand, you can do it on an ascii text editor on another computer. I recommend a program called Notepad++ (not to be confused with Notepad) for windows based computers. Once you have crea...

The Buildbotics Controller is able to do arithmetic and trigonometry. This is described in the linuxcnc documentation at http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/overview.html . In particular, look at the paragraphs on parameters, expressions, and functions. Those functions and parameters are available f...

Yes,

We keep a list of bug reports and feature enhancement requests on our github repository. You can submit a feature request by clicking "New Issue" at the following link. I think you will have to create an account on github to do this.

https://github.com/buildbotics/bbctrl-firmware/issues

Doug

I noticed that the V70 VFD has a feature called vector control. Does this provide better low end torque? I can stop my spindle with my fingers when it is running at very low speeds. I have a Huanyang VFD.

No, we do not have that capability.

Would this be a job for macros? When we get them implemented, you could make a button for each offset. They would contain the gcode to go to the 0,0 location for each offset and then set the offsets to that location. Believe it or not, we are actually working on implementing macros.

Hi Mick,

Can you describe how you would like it to work?

Doug

Here is the one that I have, but the price seems to have gone up since I bought it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/CNC-Touch-Probe-Plate-X-Y-Z-Axis-Tool-Setting-for-Carbide-Heavy-Duty/254614844265?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225073%26meid%3D2de3f5b256c44efe98cbb42276ad1360%26...

The travel speed for rapid moves (those resulting from G0 moves) is equal to the value that is set in the 'max-velocity' field on the motor settings page. If your motor stalls at this speed, you should confirm that the 'drive-current' is set correctly. If so, you should lower the maximum velocity.

Sounds good