G-code VM

A G-code virtual machine and post-processing DSL.

Requirements

• Ruby v3.0 to v3.3

Installation

To use this gem, include it in your Gemfile.

gem 'gcode-vm', git: '[email protected]:jtran/gcode-vm.git'

Then install it.

bundle install

Usage

First, make a transform file, my_transform.yml, that specifies how to transform a toolpath.

version: '1'

transform:
  # Strip line-ending characters.
  - chomp

  # Change all B axis movements to D axis movements.
  - name: rename_axis
    from: B
    to: D

See examples/demo.yml for more transforms.

Then transform your G-code toolpath using your specification.

transform -t my_transform.yml thing.gcode > thing_transformed.gcode

Testing

rake test