[mattcnc123]

You need to use a software to send the codes to your cnc.

it is not gcode . It is gerber language.

you need to use their artpath software or i know another software that it works with gerber cnc .

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[EngineerTex]

You need to use a software to send the codes to your cnc.

it is not gcode . It is gerber language.

you need to use their artpath software or i know another software that it works with gerber cnc .

[email protected]

Thank you for replying. The software I’m using includes a postprocessing output option to make the file for Gerber 408 machines. When I use this postprocessor, it does seem to respond, but I’m not sure if I have to modify the way that I am setting up the axes in this toolpath generation software or if it’s how I’m initializing the Z-axis.

Note also, that in the Sabre user’s manual, it states the following:

You will use a design program such as the Gerber OMEGA or GRAPHIX ADVANTAGE to create the sign or image you want to rout. The Sabre can also rout designs created by a wide variety of other design programs. If you do not use OMEGA or GRAPHIX ADVANTAGE, the design program you use must be able to produce one of the following formats:

-AI (Adobe Illustrator® format version 1.1 only)
-EPS (Encapsulated PostScript®, Adobe Illustrator format)
-DXF (Drawing Interchange File Format)
-PRN (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language, or HPGLTM)
-G Codes, which are interpreted by the G Code feature (Requires the use of Hyperterminal and the assistance of a Gerber technician.)

What I’m interested in knowing is what the Gerber technician will do to make the system run with G Code.

[mattcnc123]

Which software do you use ?

send me your sample output code .

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[mattcnc123]

Which software do you use ?

send me your sample output code .

where are you located ?

[email protected]

[EngineerTex]

Which software do you use ?

send me your sample output code .

where are you located ?

[email protected]

Thanks for getting back with me. I’m in Houston. I would like to post this on the forum, in case anyone else has the same problems.

I built this very simple model in FreeCAD, which has a Gerber Sabre postprocessor.



The .nc file would run a bit and then come out with a “TABLE BOUNDS VIOLATION ERROR +Y”. I have shortened the code and attempted to run it and it comes out with the same problem. I have included the code along with comments about what the machine is doing.

%
N1 G90 G20
N2 T0 M06 << Pauses with keypad stating "LOAD TOOL 0000"
N3 S6000M03 << Note that after running this program, the spindle speed
is set to 6000 rpm on keypad after I manually
changed it to 7000 rpm. Seems to accept spindle speed.
N4 G0 Z1.375 << Moves down quickly
N5 X0.5 Y0.573 << Makes a fast move to this location.
N6 G1 Z1.025 F10 << Spindle moves down slowly (Seems to accept feed rate)
N7 Z1. << Slowly moves down (-Z)
N8 X1.5 << Spindle moves to the right
N9 Y0.773 << Gantry moves back
N10 X0.5 << Spindle moves to the left
N11 Y0.973 << Program stops with "Table Bounds Violation +Y
N12 X1.5
N13 Y1.173
N14 X1.224
N15 X1.223 Z1.125
N16 X0.652
N17 X0.651 Z1.
N18 X0.5
N39 Z1.025
N40 G0 Z1.375
N41 M05
N42 G91 G28 Z0
N43 G90
N44 M30
%

[mattcnc123]

This is Gcode.

you need gerber language.

try to get artpath software.

could you jog all three axis?

[EngineerTex]

This is Gcode.

you need gerber language.

try to get artpath software.

could you jog all three axis?

Agreed — this is g-code. It definitely works on this machine, per the comments that I wrote next to the code below, but only for a dozen steps or so before it errors out. Do you by chance have a simple/example Gerber language file that you could post here?

All three axes jog in both rapid and slow mode. When I tell it to return home, it moves to wherever I had set home to the previous time.

Thanks for all of your help.

[WSTEWART]

Hi - realise this is long since past, but I have the current version of Freecad and I can't find a Gerber Post-processor. Does this still exist? if so, where could I find it? Thank you