I’m sure this is not an impressive accomplishment but this post will consolidate the info I was unable to easily find all in one spot.
Our MakerSpace has a ShopBot 96” x 48” we have been using the included Vetric software for years. We also have a variety of lasers that run Lightburn. Our wish was to be able to teach Lightburn and the for those who wanted CNC, MillMage since they have the same layout and feel. This week we got %85 of the way there by setting up MillMage to output compatible gcode and then use ShopBots converter to make a .sbp file.
I know that ShopBot can run gcode (allegedly 
). I could not get that to work and this extra conversion step is acceptable for now.
Below is the document we are using so folks can download MillMage and create their projects on their own systems and just bring the completed file in on a USB stick.
Once you save your GCode file from MillMage you need to put it through the ShopBot conversion. Their tool is called GCODEtoOpenSBP.exe , easily searched. It is a small standalone exe that requires no installation. That will get you a sbp file ready to bring to the ShopBot Control software . Set your XYZ normally and then choose your file.
I right click on the gcode file, copy path, then paste it into the conversion tool, remember to strip out the quotation marks.
We would love to be able to run everything from MillMage but this is an acceptable middle step for us to streamline our tool trainings for new members.
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If this is the first time you open MillMage you will be prompted to create a machine
Choose CREATE MANUALLY
This will open the New Device Wizard
Choose CUSTOM GCODE
This brings you to the How To Connect window.
Choose NONE, as we will be putting our completed files on a USB stick.
Next window sets the configuration of our ShopBot
Rename this from Custom GCode to something you know is our ShopBot (i.e. MyShopbot)
Set device units to Imperial
MillMage allows design in both, this makes sure the output is converted to Imperial.
Set X to 96 inches and Y to 48 inches
Select the bottom left square to move 0,0 to there. (We look at the machine from the long side!)
Make sure ignore zero point detection is togged ON (green)
Next window has 2 tabs
COMMUNICATION tab is greyed out since we chose “none” for our connection method
ADVANCED tab should default to GRBL for GCode flavor
DWELL UNITS, COMMENT CHARACTERS, ESCAPE CHARACTERS can be left as default (seconds,semi-colon and caret)
Toggle on SUPPRESS COMMENTS
Leave VERBOSE COMMENTS on
Save file extension can be blank it will use .gc by default
Toggle on SAVE TO SINGLE FILE
Next is a summary to double check the most basic settings.
Type of machine (Custom GCode),communication (none), (your name for it) (size/origin)
Click FINISH