How to configure Aspire 4.5 for TinyG?

Started by sraney on Sep 17, 2014 in TinyG Support. 1 reply, last activity Sep 17, 2014.

sraney Sep 17, 2014 #

I was just gifted Aspire 4.5 by a longtime friend and companion. He runs a local shop and uses Aspire for most of his sign work. But after looking through the tools paths it can export, I'm not sure what what to select or if I need to build a custom configuration file for it.

It offers the following Gcode exports. Any suggestions on which one should I select?

G Code (inch) (*.tap)
G Code (mm) (*.tap)
G Code ATC(inch) (*.tap)
G Code ATC(mm) (*.tap)
G Code ARCs(inch) (*.tap)
G Code ARCs(mm) (*.tap)
Desk-CNC G-Code(inch) (*.dnc)
Desk-CNC G-Code(mm) (*.dnc)
Intelicam GCode (inch) (*.nc)
Intelicam GCode (mm) (*.nc)
KCAM G-Code Arcs ATC(inch) (*.gc)
Goya G-Code(mm) (*.gio)

About 20 more that have the 'G-Code' in them.

Goya G-Code(mm) (*.gio)

cmcgrath5035Staff Sep 17, 2014 #

Lots of folks who stop by here use Aspire, so wait a bit for experienced comments.

I do not, but would suggest you try
G Code ARCs (mm) (*.tap)

I see a lot of folks who use Aspire generating G code with just linear moves, lots and lots of them.
I am assuming G Code ARCs will include G2 and G3 arc commands, which tinyG does well and minimizes really short moves.

Or, better yet. try the same (short) job with both G Code(mm) and G Code ARCs (mm) and compare results.

mm or inch should work, I just personally prefer mm.

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