Basic GCode Visualizer Specification - bdring/Grbl_Esp32 GitHub Wiki

Basic GCode Visualizer Specification

Overview

The goal is to add basic gcode visualization to the WebUI. This will allow a quick visualization of the files on the SD card. An example of a viewer is here. (On GitHub)

Features

• 3 Axis
• Able to rotate, pan zoom with mouse
• Color code by move type (G0, G1, G2/G3) No visualization of non move gcode. No visualization of extruder.
• Can be launched from WebUI browser
• Fast as possible loading. Do not animate loading.
• It is not intended to show job progress (not sync'd with machine progress)

Requirements

• Pack everything into one file. ESP32 server does not like multiple files.
• Use CND to use online resources
• The web page file will be served from the SD card
• Gcode files will be read from the SD card
• Liberal license, such as MIT
• All files will be in /app/viewer folder on the SD card

Discussion

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• Ask via Slack