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[emmelaich]

Apparently g-code is language for 3d machines / CNC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-code

[giancarlostoro → emmelaich]

Yeah you can use it for 3D printing, if I remember correctly each machine has their own spec for it, its almost like "assembly" for 3D printers.

[monocasa → giancarlostoro]

I think of it more as like the modem AT command set, but for the simpler side of industrial robotics.

[bdcravens → giancarlostoro]

Correct. It's how machines can implement new functionality (like multicolor, which entails additional steps like withdrawing the current filament, purging the nozzle of the current color, etc)

[atoav → emmelaich]

Yeah, I remember writing gcode on paper in school to control a wire EDM machine