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8 months ago Hi, this is great, someone else used FullControl for string art and it worked well. I'd recommend the following steps
- create a list of fc.Points for each nail
- create a python function (before your design) for the actions required to move to one nail... e.g. Move to 1 degree clockwise of the desired nail, then directly behind the nail, then 1 degree anticlockwise of the desired nail, potentially with some Z movement. You can use polar_to_point() to easily define point relative to the point of interest at a given offset angle and distance (radius)
- work through your nail-sequence list, calling the above function for each desired nail Point
- implement any tweaks required for GCode format. This might be like deleting the last bit of each GCode line to get rid of the E term (as a quick and dirty hack)
All of those things including GCode tweaking would be done in python.
Let me know if you want help with any of those steps
ES-Alexander
I am making a DIY CNC machine to make string art. I have sequence of nails the CNC head needs to move to but since I have no GCODE or python knowledge someone suggested me to try FullControl. I however have no idea how to do that. Can someone please guide a newbie in instructions to convert the nail number sequence to the workable cnc code.