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Universal Gcode Sender

A free and full featured gcode platform used for interfacing with advanced CNC controllers like GRBL , FluidNC, TinyG, g2core and Smoothieware. Universal Gcode Sender is a self-contained Java application which includes all external dependencies and can be used on most computers...

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Raspberry Pi
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  1.  Configurable

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  1.  No registration required
  2.  No Tracking
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Java based

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  • Developed by

    US flagWill Winder

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Afrikaans
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Chinese
    • Czech
    • Dutch
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Lithuanian
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Norwegian Nynorsk
    • Persian
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Slovak
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian

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What is Universal Gcode Sender?

A free and full featured gcode platform used for interfacing with advanced CNC controllers like GRBL , FluidNC, TinyG, g2core and Smoothieware. Universal Gcode Sender is a self-contained Java application which includes all external dependencies and can be used on most computers running Windows, MacOSX or Linux.

Features:

  • Configurable user interface
  • Customizable toolbox for common actions
  • Customizable toolbar
  • Dockable windows that can be moved to suit your needs
  • Responsive UI supporting big and small screens
  • Visualize g-code files
  • Real time tool position feedback
  • Right click in visualizer to jog to location
  • Right click to set the current work position
  • Customizable colors
  • Different colors for paths of different types (G0, G1, G2, G3)
  • Outline gcode
  • Real time overrides
  • Fine tune the feed rate of a running g-code program
  • Fine tune the spindle speed of a running g-code program
  • G-code editor
  • Highlight selected rows in the Visualizer
  • Show the selected row in the Visualizer
  • Right click to run from selected row
  • Rotate gcode model
  • Mirror gcode model
  • Move gcode model to zero location
  • Designer editor
  • Import SVG files
  • Import DXF files
  • Import C2D files (Carbide Create)
  • Draw simple shapes
  • Draw text
  • Cut shape with either a pocket-, outline-, inside- or on line operation with a given depth
  • Move, scale, rotate and mirror shapes
  • Intersect, union and subtract shapes with each other
  • Undo/Redo for all actions
  • Manually setting a shapes position, size and rotation
  • Multiply selected shapes into a grid
  • Import shapes from a clipart library with hundreds of images
  • Tracing bitmap images
  • Configurable g-code optimization
  • Remove comments
  • Truncate decimal precision to configurable amount
  • Convert arcs (G2/G3) to line segments
  • Remove whitespace
  • Gamepad and Joystick
  • Control your machine using practically any gamepad or a joystick (that are supported by SDL)
  • Customize the buttons to different actions
  • Continuous and analog jogging for fine precision positioning
  • Web interface - control your machine remotely from a web based pendant
  • Supports many controllers
  • GRBL
  • Smoothieware
  • TinyG
  • G2core