# stl2ngc

**Repository Path**: rocketscn/stl2ngc

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: stl2ngc
- **Description**: Convert STL files to G-Code for CNC milling
- **Primary Language**: C++
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 1
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-03-06
- **Last Updated**: 2023-08-31

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

## Introduction

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stl2ngc converts an [STL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format)) file to [LinuxCNC](http://linuxcnc.org/) compatible [G-Code](http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode.html).

### Build, install and run stl2ngc

First, install OpenCAMLib, see: https://github.com/aewallin/opencamlib
```bash
git clone https://github.com/aewallin/opencamlib && cd opencamlib
mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../src && make -j4
sudo make install
```

Next, checkout stl2ngc from git and run make and sudo make install:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/koppi/stl2ngc && cd stl2ngc
make
sudo make install
```

To convert ```file.stl``` to ```file.ngc``` run:
```bash
cat file.stl | stl2ngc > file.ngc
```

### Demo

See [Wiki](../../wiki/).

### FAQ

* This is an early release, expect errors and missing features.
  
  Please [fork](https://github.com/koppi/stl2ngc/network) the repo.

* No Gui? - Yes, only command-line for now.

### Authors

* Jakob Flierl

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