LazyCam Z-Optimizer (LCZO) available

Hi. I have written a little command-line utility that removes the redundant up/down Z motion for which LazyCam is somewhat famous. This can greatly reduce runtime.

LCZO basically "reads" through your gcode and removes the unnecessary Z travel.

The program is run thusly:

c:\mach3\gcode\lczo < part.tap > part_fixed.tap

(1) "lczo" is the name of the small app (stands for LazyCam Z Optimizer).
(2) "< part.tap" redirects the gcode file as input to lczo.
(3) "> part_fixed.tap" redirects the output of the program to a new file you can load in Mach3.

I will E-Mail a copy of the application to anyone that sends ANY amount of money via PayPal to cgallery <at> yahoo.com as a gift. I'm just trying to raise $75 so I can buy the "Pro" version of LazyCam. Not just for my own use but also for when I do demonstrations for school classes (telling kids we have to draw a 2.75" circle to get a 3" hole unnecessarily complicates things).

I will try to E-Mail the executable (only 8k in size because it is written in assembly) ASAP if anyone actually takes me up on this.

I've created a webpage for my LazyCam Z-Optimizer here:

https://www.jpthien.com/lczo.htm

I'm curious why you want to go to LazyCAM Pro?? Is that solely based on cost? Because just about anything else (that's not free) is far superior to LazyCAM.

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Originally Posted by ger21

I'm curious why you want to go to LazyCAM Pro?? Is that solely based on cost? Because just about anything else (that's not free) is far superior to LazyCAM.

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It is somewhat based on cost, somewhat based on familiarity with LazyCam and the way I work, but yes it is mostly based on cost. I would like offsetting and pocketing and I have half the money in my PayPal account now I only need about another $40. I know it sounds insane but I don't have a ton of spare cash right now.