/GCODE_Viewer_2D

Primary LanguagePython

G-code Viewer 2D

A Python based G-code viewer for 2D contours. It only plots data from the x,y-plane.

Features

  • Plot 2D contours of G-code
  • Qt (Pyside6) based GUI
  • Plot a raster
  • Plot outline and dimensions

Requirements

  • Python 3 (any version which works with Pyside6)
  • Pyside6 (Qt for Python)

GUI

Image

Usage

Start the program GUI. Later use the menu File/Open to load and plot a G-code.

python GCODE_Viewer_2d.py

The command below directly opens and plots the given file immediately.

python GCODE_Viewer_2d.py any_gcode_file.nc

When clicking the right mouse button a context menu opens, and raster as well as outline can be toggled on/off. The default raster size is 10mm and it can be redefined through the context menu.

Command Line Arguments

None or a G-code file (see above).