AlanKilian
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Joined: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:43 am

GCode preview does not follow Z coordinate in a G2 code.

The following GCode file should produce a 360-degree spiral, and when run on my Duet-controlled machine, it does indeed take this path, but when the file is previewed in Simplify 3D it shows a planar circle.

It looks like the Z coordinate of the G2 command is being ignored.

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G90 ; Positions absolute
G21 ; Units mm
M82 ; Extruder absolute
T0  ; Tool zero
G0 X100 Y0 Z50 F200 
G2 I-100.0 J0.000000 X100 Y0 Z100 E5
Version 4.1.2
parallyze
Posts: 353
Joined: Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:18 am

Re: GCode preview does not follow Z coordinate in a G2 code.

AlanKilian wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:47 am Version 4.1.2
Does S3D support G2/G3 in preview mode? The arc generation was removed in v2.0 over 6 years ago, it would be
a bit surprising to see the implementation to preview them correctly would have evolved since then...
AlanKilian
Posts: 6
Joined: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:43 am

Re: GCode preview does not follow Z coordinate in a G2 code.

G2 preview works perfectly but it ignores the Z component.

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