LAOS Laser

h1. LGC Documentation

This page is intended to be full documentation of the LGC (laser g-code?) file format as used by LAOS.  All dimensions are in uM, so multiply your millimeter values by 1000. 

An LGC file looks like this:

<pre>

0 0 0

7 100 10000

7 101 10000

0 1000 1000

1 1000 11000

1 11000 11000

1 11000 1000

1 1000 1000

</pre>

Each command line of an LGC file starts with a number, which is the command.  Depending on the command given, the file can then have a number of parameters, seperated by spaces to tell the command what to actually do.

h2. 0 - Move

<pre>0 1000 1000

0  X   Y   </pre>

The 0 Command moves the laser head to the coordinates specified with the laser turned off.  The command above will move the laser head to X=1mm, Y=1mm

h2. 1 - Cut

<pre>1 10000 10000

1  X   Y   </pre>

The 1 Command moves the laser head to the coordinates specified with the laser turned on.  The command will activate the laser, then will move the laser head to X=10mm, Y=10mm, cutting all the way

h2. 2 - Move Z

<pre>2 100

2  Z</pre>