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# GpxUi | ||
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A GUI wrapper around GPX and someday maybe even a setup program | ||
GpxUi is a graphical user interface wrapped around GPX, a command line utility. | ||
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It is Window only at the moment, but I made it with Qt with the intention of building | ||
it for other platforms. I don't have a Mac, but I've got Linux, so if there is interest | ||
I'll make a linux version. | ||
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GPX is a post processing utility for converting gcode output from 3D slicing | ||
software like Cura, KISSlicer, S3DCreator and Slic3r to x3g files for standalone | ||
3D printing on Makerbot Cupcake, ThingOMatic, and Replicator 1/2/2x printers - with | ||
support for both stock and SailFish firmwares. | ||
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This GpxUi includes gpx.exe for use as a plugin to slicers, but also includes a | ||
settings editor and setup program to make it easy to get GPX set up and running | ||
with the right settings. Also includes a machine settings editor so you can mess | ||
with arcane stuff like how many steps per mm. | ||
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## Installing and running | ||
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1. Download and run setup.exe from the [releases](https://github.com/markwalGpxUi/releases/latest) page | ||
2. Choose your printer type | ||
3. Choose the gcode flavor of the slicer you want to use | ||
4. Click "Save" to save those two settings into gpx.ini | ||
5. Click the translate button, it'll ask for the name of the gcode file and | ||
the name of the output x3g file | ||
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## Notes | ||
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The setup added gpx.exe to your path, so you can easily add it as a post | ||
processor to Slic3r: | ||
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1. Put Slic3r into expert mode via File.Preferences from the menu bar and | ||
restart Slic3r | ||
2. Choose "Print Settings" tab, "Output options" panel | ||
3. In "Post-processing scripts" type "gpx.exe" all by itself without quotes | ||
or parameters | ||
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It added to the end of your path, so if you have a gpx.exe somewhere else on | ||
your machine and on your path, it won't read the settings you set in GpxUi because | ||
the other one will win and it won't know where these settings are. | ||
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You can switch the settings around and gpx.exe will just use whatever you saved | ||
last. Settings are also saved when you use GpxUi to translate a file. | ||
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Setup added an icon to your desktop and to your start menu. If you like a clean | ||
desktop like me, drag the desktop one to the trash, you can still run it from | ||
start. Seems like letting you drag it to the trash was easier than bothering | ||
you with a question in setup. | ||
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GpxUi includes an auto-updater courtesy of Squirrel for Windows. It checks for | ||
updates when you start it. So if you leave it running or never run it, it | ||
doesn't update. Plus it has a limiter on it so it doesn't check every time you | ||
boot it up, just when it has been a while. You can turn this off on the | ||
Help.Updates... menu. | ||
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## Future features | ||
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- As I mentioned, perhaps other platforms | ||
- Have setup connect gpx.exe to the right-click on gcode files menu so you | ||
can right-click on a gcode file and choose "Convert to x3g" | ||
- A warning when it notices another gpx.exe earlier on the path | ||
- Have an option to send a copy of the x3g to a flashair card | ||
- Have setup or a configuration dialog automatically add plugins to various | ||
slicers | ||
- Drag and drop? | ||
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## Dependencies | ||
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[QT 5.4](https://www.qt.io/developers) | ||
[Squirrel.Windows](https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows) | ||
- [QT 5.4](https://www.qt.io/developers) | ||
- [Squirrel.Windows](https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows) (only need | ||
this if you are going to build setup) | ||
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## Build instructions | ||
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1. Clone the repository | ||
2. Get the submodules `git submodule update --init` | ||
3. Install the dependencies and make sure they're on your path | ||
3. Install QT and make sure it and the mingw32 it includes is on your path, I | ||
run gnu make under bash so I may have introduced a build-time dependency on | ||
bash | ||
4. `make` | ||
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For Windows setup.exe: `make squirrel.windows` |
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Squirrel.Windows is included with this program and it has the following | ||
copyright information which only pertains to the squirrel components: | ||
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Copyright (c) 2012 Github, Inc. | ||
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a | ||
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), | ||
to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation | ||
the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, | ||
and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the | ||
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | ||
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in | ||
all copies or substantial portions of the Software. | ||
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR | ||
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, | ||
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE | ||
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER | ||
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING | ||
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER | ||
DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. |
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