Draw a circle from inside repetier

Georg99

I want to draw a circle directly from repetier.
Ideal would be a command like:
moveToCircle(x,y,Radius,speed);
similiar to
moveToReal(x, y, IGNORE_COORDINATE, IGNORE_COORDINATE, Speed);

What is the best way to make a circle??
Thanks for help!

Repetier

Use G2/G3 commands for this.

Georg99

Thanks for the hint, but could start the GCode in the programme.

My first idea was: for a full circle start and endpoint is identical,
so I have not define the points.
I tried:
GCode::executeFString(PSTR("G3 R5"))
but thst one is not working.

new idea: make 2 180deg arcs:
eg center should be x10 Y20 Radius 3
x=10;y=20;
Printer::moveToReal(x-3, y, IGNORE_COORDINATE, IGNORE_COORDINATE, 500);
GCode::executeFString(PSTR("G3 X13 Y20 R3"));
GCode::executeFString(PSTR("G3 X7 Y20 R3"));
//new problem how to create the PSTR with float x,y values?
// how can I create the string??
//does this makes sense?

Repetier

Ok you can not create PSTR at runtime, so that is a problem. Check in commands.cpp the G2/G3 implementation. You will see that it calls the draw arc function, so in that case call it with right parameters computed.

Georg99

Is that the right line:
processArc(com);
is com the Gcode string?
eg:
float x=10;float y=20;
- the float to string conversion seems to be an issue as well.
- In the forums I have seen some discussions about that....
- besides the conversion, is that ok?
string bef = "G3 X" + convertFloat2String(x) + " Y" + convertFloat2String(x) + " R3";
processArc(bef);
- is the R option enough, or do I need 2 180degrees arcs?
Thanks for your help!

Repetier

X,Y are target points so for 360° it is ambigous so split.
Parameter must be a GCode structure. Then you can set it with

bool GCode::parseAscii(char *line,bool fromSerial)Do not use string! that uses dynamic memory which is very bad here as it can fragment the few remaining bytes. Use sprinf on a char array to create a string to add to gcode.

Georg99

Thanks for your mail.
I am not sure, if your answer does help me.
My project is a plotter controlled by repetier.
I want to draw randomly circles.
So I added a function to customEventsImpl.h.
I can create x,y positions per random function.
Crosses are no problem with the moveToReal-function around x,y.

bool GCode::parseAscii(char *line,bool fromSerial)
that sounds for me as input from Serial?

Repetier

parseAscii is in deed one way to parse the input but you can use it yourselg

GCode gc;
gc.parseAscii(yourchararray);
processArc(gc);

that simple.

Georg99

Thanks!