Maker GCODE

Description:

This website offers GCODE as a Service. It was created using vibe coding with GPT5.2+Agent and based on the Excel file of sheets and modules that generates GCODE for milling the cube faces, bottom cover, front bezel and carving text for The Herbal Cube – a cannabis vaporizer.

This website is working in a 2D design space. One or more milling features are defined for a single tool on a two dimensional surface (face). The feature GCODE is concatenated together and executed in sequence.

• Create, save and edit GCODE to control the cutting tool of a CNC Router.

• Export the GCODE as a plain text .ncc file.

• Simulate the GCODE on screen. Or use UCCNCdrive.com in demo mode.

• Examine a real world application of milling a cube for a cannabis vaporizer.

• Download the Microsoft Excel file with sheets and modules.

Links:

GCODE – Enter parameters for milling features, create GCODE, run the simulator, export to a .ncc file, save your work.

CNC Router – An inexpensive CNC router and controller.

Features – A catalog of 8 milling features and parameters.

CAD – MS Publisher is used as a 2D layout tool for sizing and positioning the features for a face.

Modules – Visual Basic modules to generate GCODE for a milling feature.

Sheets – Excel sheets specify feature type, position and size parameters.

Excel – All sheets used to mill, drill and text carve the cube for The Herbal Cube www.TheHerbalCube.com.

( FRONT gcode - single fixture ) ( T2 tool template ) ( Start Block ) G17 ( X-Y Plane ) G90 ( Absolute ) G20 ( Inches ) G54 ( Work Offset ) ( Tool T2: 1/8" flat nose endmill upcut ) T2 G0 Z0.125 G0 X0 Y0 ( Speed ) S10000 (CW Spindle ON ) M03 ( Feedrate ) F25 ( POCKETRECT ) ( FRONT ) ( Bezel inset hole ) G0 Z0.1250 G1 X-0.4688 Y-0.3906 G1 Z-0.0500 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y-0.2656 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y-0.1406 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y-0.0156 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y0.1094 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y0.2344 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y0.3594 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y0.3844 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Z-0.1000 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y0.2594 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y0.1344 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y0.0094 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y-0.1156 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y-0.2406 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y-0.3656 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y-0.3906 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Z-0.1500 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y-0.2656 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y-0.1406 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y-0.0156 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y0.1094 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y0.2344 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y0.3594 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y0.3844 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Z-0.2000 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y0.2594 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y0.1344 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y0.0094 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y-0.1156 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y-0.2406 G1 X-0.4688 G1 Y-0.3656 G1 X0.4763 G1 Y-0.3906 G1 X-0.4688 G1 X-0.4688 Y-0.3906

The 3040Z-DQ is a Chinese designed and manufactured CNC router. The 3040 refers to the bed size being 30 cm (12″) x 40 cm (~16″). There is 2.5″ in Z travel above the bed.

A milling feature specifies how the surface of a work piece, such as a cherry wood cube, is worked by a CNC router tool. Tools include end bits, drill bits, and carving bits. A module creates a GCODE script for a tool to mill the feature with the specified location and dimensions. Several features using the same tool can be executed in sequence in a concatenated GCODE script.

Computer Aided Design (CAD) describes the software for specifying the layout of the milling features for each tool on a face.

The GCODE for a milling feature is generated by a VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) module in Microsoft Excel. The feature type, position and size information is stored in a sheet for a single tool on a milling face.

Each milling feature is defined as an Excel VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) module to generate GCODE scripts. GCODE is a toolpath program. Each instruction in the program specifies action of the tool – raise, lower, or move in the x and y direction on a path.

Tabs for all the sheets used to mill, drill and text carve the cube for The Herbal Cube.

Reference information

Templates used to create GCODE

Technique to mount 5 fixtures for one milling session

Feature parameters for 4 faces, cover outside, cover inside, bezel inside

Position information to carve 7 text strings

Generated GCODE which is exported to .ncc plain text file