To robots

Ovenbird does not directly produce machine codes for robots/gantries since they are setup-dependant. The printing team typically receive from the extruder's manufacturer a Grasshopper file that converts geometry into machine codes.

Only a few wires are needed to pipeline the Ovenbird Toolpath/Continuous Toolpath to a 6 degrees of freedom (DoF) robot.

ToolpathContinuous Toolpath

Ovenbird piple for robots (Toolpath)

Ovenbird piple for robots (Continuous Toolpath)

The following table summarizes how the machine code information can be sourced in Ovenbird from Unwrap Toolpath and Unwrap Continuous Toolpath (see From/to curves).

Ovenbird parameter	Degree of freedom (DOF)	Machine code information
Polyline 1	DOF 1-3	Tool XYZ
Plane 2	DOF 4-5	Tool XY rotation (Tool Z orientation)
Tangent	DOF 6	Tool Z rotation
Height	Adaptive extrusion	Travel/extrusion speed

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1. The curves should be extracted as polylines (in right-click menu). The number of points after exploding would match the other parameters. ↩

2. Planes of a Toolpath are from Toolpath Planes. Planes of a Continuous Toolpath are available in Unwrap Continuous Toolpath. ↩