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  1. #1
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    GSimple (Free 3 Axis CAM) Version 1.08

    GSimple version 1.08 is now out. To download please visit www.gsimple.eu
    New version includes:
    - Milling parameters individually selectable for every part of the object (drill, thread, pockets, etc) exept engraving
    - Text input from DXF files
    GSimple is completely free!

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    GSimple version 1.09

    New GSimple version 1.09.
    What has changed:
    1. There is a new path filter
    2. G02/G03 uses only I,J and not R
    3. Several minor bugs have been fixed.

    You can download gsimple (it is completely free) at
    http://www.gsimple.eu

    By the way, 2004 different users have visited www.gsimple.eu in June. The averege time spend in the website was over 6 minutes(!). 70% of the visitors have downloaded the program (complete or upgrade).

    GSimple is using the standart GCode. Version 1.10 will include a small configurable postproccesor. Any information on milling machine codes or G-Code dialects (for example web sites with programming manuals) will be much appreciated.

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    i ve been following up on gsimple ,i'm always watching for a new version ,
    i honestly haven t had much time to play with it ,but from what i ve seen , i like ,

    i take it your the software builder ?
    just curious as to how far your going to go with it

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    How far will GSimple go?

    You are right, I am the software builder. How far I will go? To be honest I don't know. I started GSimple because we needed, at my job, a very simple CAM for very simple milling projects (for example flattening a surface or making a cylindrical pocket). Buying (and most important learning) an expensive, professional CAD-CAM for these tasks was out of question. So I wrote a first, tiny version - actually I constructed a "milling script laguage" and wrote an interpreter to G-Code (by the way the core of the GSimple files is still based on this script laguage). Then it grew and grew and grew.

    I would like to make some improvememts, for example
    - handle islands
    - eliminate the restrictions in the number of objects it can handle
    - insert some true 3D capbilities.
    but I cannot promise a timetable (GSimple is a hobby, not a professional project).

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    How do you open G-Simple

    I downloaded this program but I can't open it. It is a EX~File and windows
    does not recognice it and I am sure there is a way to open it but I do not
    know how. Maybe somebody can help me with this. I would realy apreciate
    it.

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    The gsimple.ex~ file is an archive -that is a file containing all the others. There is also a file called gsinstal.exe. This is the installation file. Ginstal will extract the files from gsimple.ex~ and guide you through the installation

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    S.Kontogiannis wrote:


    You don't want to open gsimple.ex~ You want to open gsinstal.exe
    http://www.gsimple.eu/download.html

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    Gsinstall

    I did the ginstall 8 times and all I get is "install completed" and that is it.
    There is a desktop icon which gives me agree- Gsimple.ex~ and Ginstal.

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    Please take a look at the FAQ page on the web site and the istructions on the download page.

    1. Unzip the files in any directory (or the desktop). If you are attempting to execute gsinstal from within WinZip you get nothing
    2. Gsinstal will (by default) instal GSimple in the directory c:\Program Files\Gsimple. It will NOT add a shortcut on your desktop. Please look for gsimple.exe in this directory

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    Gsimple

    Thank you for your help. I have been succesful in opening this program.
    It looks like something I can use. My problem is that I am quite new to
    the computer world and they somewhat mistify me at my age. But I keep
    trying.

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    Yet another version of GSimple now available at www.gsimple.eu. The new version (1.10) includes a configurable postproccesor called GSPOST.EXE.
    GSIMPLE will invoke GSPOST automatically if the machine configuration file containes postproccesor commands, but GSPOST may also be used independeltly of GSIMPLE.
    GSPOST will "translate" a standart g-code file (sorry, only the conmands used by gsimple) to almost anything compatible. In the web site you will find an example of a g-code to g-code translation file. This is a file doing actually nothing, but it is a good example showing how to configure GSPOST.
    There is also a 5-page long introductory note (rtf format).

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    cool software is it just me i can't import DXF file. import and open is the same thing right.

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    "can't import DXF files"

    GSimple has its own file format (extension .gsi). "Import DXF" means importing a 2D drawing which can then be converted to one or more GSimple "objects". What do you mean you can't import DXF files? Does GSimple return an error? Or is it just that you can't see the drawing on the screen? Please try to zoom out your screen as much as possible (with the mouse wheel). I suspect your imported drawing is somewhere out there

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    i get a no zero x when i try to run a program even after i add
    another x point what is wrong?

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    I am running a HAAS VF1 mill.

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    Sorry for the late reply. I was on vacation.
    What do you mean "I get no zero x"?
    In case you are refering to the line
    G28 G91 Z0
    at the start of the code:
    This line is controlled by the configuration command

    PROGSTART G28 G91 Z0

    in the configuration file. (accesible through the Setup/Configuration menu selectio). If ypu want to send your machine at program start to the absolute zero you can change this line to

    PROGSTART G28 G91 X0 Y0 Z0

    Did I guess right? Please let me know.

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    it would be safer to have g91g28z0 then g91g28x0y0 on a separate line ,first thing that came to mind seeing them together was CRASH

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    You are absolutely right! The command
    G28 G91 X0 Y0 Z0 is very dangerous! Thanks

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    Exclamation Crash

    You are absolutely right! The command
    G28 G91 X0 Y0 Z0 is very dangerous! Thanks

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    I tried to open the .exe file on my C drive and there is nothing in it other than "password backup". What did I do wrong? Thanks, Ron

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