Editing Post Processors & G-Code with Visual Studio Code

#cncprogramming #instamachinist #gcode
Editing G-Code or Post Processors can be tough! Especially when you don't know where to start. Visual Studio Code is a FREE and great solution. We are able to double click on a posted line of G-code and the software will identify which section of the post processor generated it, so that means saving a lot of time and headaches. Join us to learn how to use Visual Studio Code to your advantage.

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Devon @1186mfg

George Roberts @georgeroberts92

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[advil]

John, I've followed you since the early days and you were instrumental in helping me get started machining on my own. I have not watched as many videos of yours the last few years but I had to jump in here and say that THIS video is THE ONE. This is helping me work toward getting a post processor modified for a new lathe that doesn't have any kind of Fusion support. I NEVER EVER would have found out how to do this, or even that it was possible, without this video. Please keep it updated, and add to it!

[cbyrdtopper]

One of my buddies showed me Visual Studio Code last year to edit post processors. Game changer! It makes it so much faster! Great video! Thanks for showing the custom G Code as well, that's extremely useful.

[hillfortherstudios]

Unquestionably the best machining Youtube Channel! Very good content!

[slammenwagen]

What an awesome idea! Added to watch later. Cheers for this dude!

[jasonjoens]

This is so Awesome, John! And here I am, already using VS Code for Arduino and other microcontroller projects. Learning about post processors and how they work is an important step for me, too! You just gave me another gem I didn't even know I needed!

[senorimotor]

This is Great editor and perfect instructions...Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[MakeTechPtyLtd]

Totally awesome resource. This just enabled me to switch the G43 to a G44 for my machine. I did find the example code "Milling 3+2" were buggy. I just used turning example and some actual code and worked it out.
-Ken

[RenThraysk]

Software developer here, and seeing people edit code without using source control gives me the hebbie gebbies.
Code's git integration is pretty nice, but there is a learning curve.

[mkengineering]

Thanks for taking the time to make this invaluable vid!

[bcbloc]

I think this will be VERY VALUABLE AND HELPFUL when I finally quit being scared of firing up my old Cincinnati CNC mill.

[clayster]

This would have been very useful for modifying the post for the DMG. Thanks for the tip.

[hartmutharwat]

Thank you John this was a very helpful tip of the day. Greetings from China.

[clintonconger]

Awesome, can't wait to try this!

[MrDaniell]

George did a good job of this last year.

[bostedtap]

Extremely useful, many thanks for sharing.

[andrewgiles]

Thanks John, fantastic content! it's not a retro fit, it's 100% old fashioned fanuc OTA circa 1989. Still chugging. Who thought I'd ever have lathe envy of a SMW machine... 😃

[googacct]

For projects like this or others, do you use version control software like subversion or git? This can be especially useful if you are doing experimentation. You can save your state before making a bunch of changes. If they do not work as expected, you can roll back to an earlier version or just compare versions. Also VS Code has integration with git and svn. So it makes it particularly easy to commit changes. I do my cad/cam work in Alibre/Aspire and always commit to a repo when I am done with a bunch of changes.

[NONAMESLEFTNONE]

I'm going to need to come back to this!

[exodustwelve]

Ok got to the video that's so cool for editing 👌

[shawneliason]

BAD ASS!! This is going to be SOOO fukkin useful! Glad I found your vid!