First, I have to say how glad I am that this software exists. I haven’t been able to get to grips with any current CAM software right away. It’s different with MillMage. (Probably because I’ve been working with LightBurn for a while.)
Now, while testing, I encountered a problem:
I use FlatCam to create DIY PCBs. FlatCam creates an NC file for each operation. I can import all of them into MillMage except for the drill files. These NC files are for drilling holes in the circuit board. After importing these files, nothing is displayed in MillMage.
What’s wrong?
Maybe someone can help me?
Many thanks and kind regards. Dave
The GCode file is not much help. Can you send the .mage file and the output files from FlatCAM you are trying to import (DXF or SVG)? A FlatCAM user will find this more useful.
Thanks for the reply. FlatCam creates a separate .nc file for each process in a project, for example, traces for removing copper and also for the holes. I can import all the other .nc files into the same MillMage project, which is brilliant. This way, I can process them one at a time. I can also open the drill.nc file in an online NC viewer and then see the movements for the holes. The problem has more to do with the fact that they aren’t traces, but just holes?
It could be - I see ‘nothing imported’ in the message bar in LightBurn when trying to import, I’m checking internally to see where the importer is having a hard time and will report back when I have more info.
Our GCode importer was intended as a debugging tool, and imports only “shape outlines” defined by a succession of X/Y moves using G1.
This file contains no shapes - the G1 moves are all Z only, and as such only ever produce a single point, which the importer discards as an invalid shape.
We’ll log a feature request to import these as small circles so they can be converted to drill ops in MM.