stl2ngc converts an STL file to LinuxCNC compatible G-Code.
First, install OpenCAMLib, (see: https://github.com/aewallin/opencamlib ):
sudo apt -y install cmake doxygen libboost-all-dev
git clone https://github.com/aewallin/opencamlib && cd opencamlib
mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../src && make -j4
sudo make install
sudo cp libocl.so.* /usr/lib
Next, checkout stl2ngc from git and run make and sudo make install:
git clone https://github.com/koppi/stl2ngc && cd stl2ngc
make
sudo make install
To convert example.stl
to example.ngc
run:
cat example.stl | stl2ngc > example.ngc
See Wiki.
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This is an early release, expect errors and missing features.
Please fork the repo.
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No Gui? - Yes, only command-line for now.