THIS PROGRAM COMES WITH NO WARRANTY
PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR MACHINE AS THE
GENERATED CODE MAY BRING YOUR BUILD PLATFORM OFF LIMITS
usage: mid2cnc.py [-h] [-infile [INFILE]] [-channels N [N ...]]
[-outfile [OUTFILE]]
[-machine {cupcake,custom,shapercube,thingomatic,ultimaker}]
[-units {imperial,metric}] [-ppu XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ]
[-safemin XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ]
[-safemax XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ] [-prefix [PRE_FILE]]
[-postfix [POST_FILE]] [-axes XYZ] [-verbose]
[-transpose Nx Ny Nz]
Utility to process a Standard MIDI File (*.SMF/*.mid) to "play" it on up to 3
axes of a CNC machine.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Input settings:
-infile [INFILE], --infile [INFILE]
the input MIDI filename (default: ./input.mid)
-channels N [N ...], --channels N [N ...]
list of MIDI channels you want to scan for event data
(default: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15])
-outfile [OUTFILE], --outfile [OUTFILE]
the output Gcode filename (default: ./output.gcode)
Machine settings:
-machine {cupcake,custom,shapercube,thingomatic,ultimaker}, --machine {cupcake,custom,shapercube,thingomatic,ultimaker}
sets everything up appropriately for predefined
machines, or flags use of custom settings. (default:
cupcake)
Customised settings:
-units {imperial,metric}, --units {imperial,metric}
set the measurement and feed rate units to your
preferred scheme. (default: metric)
-ppu XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ, --ppu XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ
set arbitrary pulses-per-unit (ppu) for each of the X,
Y and Z axes (default: None)
-safemin XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ, --safemin XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ
set minimum edge of the safe envelope for each of the
X, Y and Z axes (default: None)
-safemax XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ, --safemax XXX.XX YYY.YY ZZZ.ZZ
set maximum edge of the safe envelope for each of the
X, Y and Z axes (default: None)
-prefix [PRE_FILE], --prefix [PRE_FILE]
A file containing Gcode to set your machine to a known
state before the MIDI is played e.g. homing the axes
if supported or required. (default: None)
-postfix [POST_FILE], --postfix [POST_FILE]
A file containing Gcode to return your machine to a
known state after the MIDI is played e.g. homing the
axes if supported or required. (default: None)
Output settings:
-axes XYZ, --axes XYZ
ordered list of the axes you wish to "play" the MIDI
data on. e.g. "X", "ZY", "YZX" (default: XYZ)
-transpose Nx Ny Nz, --transpose Nx Ny Nz
Transposes each axis N keys up/down the scale, e.g. 12 0 0 will raise the X axis one octave.
-verbose, --verbose print verbose output to the terminal (default: False)
Midiparser.py is old and cludgy and fail to process some files. You may want to use python-midi by just providing -pymidi option,
but then you would need to install it manually from https://github.com/vishnubob/python-midi,
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