The GCode file you tried to create seems to contain some words that are not actually GCode, but something else. Where did you get the extra content from?
This was the actual GCode that @robertbu suggested:
G92 Z0
G1 Z25 F700
; end
By contrast, what you showed had references to “strokewidth,” etc. which is not GCode. ??
That’s good to hear. You can also get the firmware version details from the info option on your touch screen.
This is what appears in repetier host when i load the .gcode into it.
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2513
\cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Menlo-Regular;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;\red26\green26\blue26;\red255\green255\blue255;}
{*\expandedcolortbl;;\cssrgb\c13333\c13333\c13333;\cssrgb\c100000\c100000\c100000;}
\margl1440\margr1440\vieww10800\viewh8400\viewkind0
\deftab720
\pard\pardeftab720\partightenfactor0
\f0\fs30 \cf2 \cb3 \expnd0\expndtw0\kerning0
\outl0\strokewidth0 \strokec2 G92 Z0
G1 Z25 F700
; end
}
and here is what i put into textedit and then called testfile. Then I went and right clicked “get info” (I am on Mac) then I changed the name to testfile.gcode to change the extension.
I have no idea what all that extra stuff is that appears in repetier host
The file must be “plain text” — and absolutely cannot be “rich text”
Base on the screen shots and info you showed, you’ve saved a “rich text” file.
kerning, color, strokewidth, etc are all text formatting details of a rich text document.
I’m on Mac too. You can use TextEdit, but be sure to do plain text, not rich text.
The TextEdit window should look like this:
…not this:
…and when saving, choose “Unicode (UTF-8)” as the plain text encoding:
I’m not trying to beat a dead horse, just mentioning: another bit of smoking gun showing it was a rich text file, are the first 3 letters, “rtf,” which stands for Rich Text Format.
I sincerely appreciate all of your help and patience. It feels like I have to have my hand held through all of this. I’ll change it to plain text, I assumed it was plain text by default in TextEdit obviously I was wrong.
I’ll report my results tomorrow
Thank you very much again.
You’re doing great. Depending on what the given situation is, I may or may not be able to help, as I’m not always knowledgeable enough to provide aid in all aspects. However, it so happens that I have decades of experience in computer based page layout and all the various file types regarding graphics and layout, and so I was able to spot this issue!
Don’t be discouraged, this stuff isn’t easy for anyone when they start out.
What is the bravest thing you’ve ever said? asked the boy.
‘Help,’ said the horse.
‘Asking for help isn’t giving up,’ said the horse. 'It’s refusing to give up.”
― Charlie Mackesy, [The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse]
