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FlatCAM BETA (c) 2019 - by Marius Stanciu
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Based on FlatCAM:
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2D Computer-Aided PCB Manufacturing by (c) 2014-2016 Juan Pablo Caram
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FlatCAM is a program for preparing CNC jobs for making PCBs on a CNC router.
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Among other things, it can take a Gerber file generated by your favorite PCB
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CAD program, and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
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-------------------------- Installation instructions ----------------
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Works with Python version 3.5 or greater and PyQt5.
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More on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVvP2SYRpx-AQgNlfoxw93tXUXon7G94_
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You can contact me on my email address found in the app in:
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Menu -> Help -> About FlatCAM -> Programmers -> Marius Stanciu
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- Make sure that your OS is up-to-date
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- Download sources from: https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads/
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- Unzip them on a HDD location that your user has permissions for.
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1.Windows
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- download the provided installer (for your OS flavor 64bit or 32bit) from:
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https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads/
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- execute the installer and install the program. It is recommended to install as a Local User.
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or from sources:
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- download the sources from the same location
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- unzip them on a safe location on your HDD that your user has permissions for
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- install WinPython e.g WinPython 3.8 downloaded from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpython/files/WinPython_3.8/
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Use one of the versions (64bit or 32it) that are compatible with your OS.
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To save space use one of the versions that have the smaller size (they offer 2 versions: one with size of few hundred MB and one smaller with size of few tens of MB)
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- add Python folder and Python\Scripts folder to your Windows Path (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/sharepoint-2010/ee537574(v%3Doffice.14))
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- verify that the pip package can be run by opening Command Prompt(Admin) and running the command:
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```
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pip -V
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```
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- look in the requirements.txt file (found in the sources folder) and install all the dependencies using the pip package.
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The required wheels can be downloaded either from:
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https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
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or
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https://pypi.org/
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You can download all the required wheels files into a folder (e.g D:\my_folder) and install them from Command Prompt like this:
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```
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cd D:\my_folder
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```
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and for each wheel file (*.whl) run:
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```
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D:\my_folder\> pip install --upgrade package_from_requirements.whl
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```
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Run FlatCAM beta from the installation folder (e.g D:\FlatCAM_beta) in the Command Prompt with the following command:
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cd D:\FlatCAM_beta
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python FlatCAM.py
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2.Linux
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- make sure that Python 3.8 is installed on your OS and that the command: python3 -V confirm it
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- verify that the pip package is installed for your Python installation (e.g 3.8) by running the command:
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```
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pip3 -V
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```
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If it is not installed, install it. In Ubuntu-like OS's it is done like this:
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```
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sudo apt-get install python3-pip
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```
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or:
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```
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sudo apt-get install python3.8-pip
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```
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- verify that the file setup_ubuntu.sh has Linux line-endings (LF) and that it is executable (chmod +x setup_ubuntu.sh)
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- run the file setup_ubuntu.sh and install all the dependencies with the command:
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```
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./setup_ubuntu.sh
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```
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- if the previous command is successful and has no errors, run FlatCAM with the command: python3 FlatCAM.py
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- Alternatively you can install it on Ubuntu with:
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```
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# Optional if depencencies are missing
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make install_dependencies
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# Install for the current user only (using the folder in its place)
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make install
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# System-wide instalation
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sudo make install
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```
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3.MacOS
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Instructions from here: https://gist.github.com/natevw/3e6fc929aff358b38c0a#gistcomment-3111878
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- create a folder to hold the sources somewhere on your HDD:
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mkdir FlatCAM
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- unzip in this folder the sources downloaded from https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads/
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Using commands (e.g using the sources for FlatCAM beta 8.991):
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cd ~/FlatCAM
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wget https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads/FlatCAM_beta_8.991_sources.zip
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unzip FlatCAM_beta_8.991_sources.zip
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cd FlatCAM_beta_8.991_sources
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- check if Homebrew is installed:
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xcode-select --install
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ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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- install dependencies:
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brew install pyqt
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python3 -m ensurepip
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python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
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- run FlatCAM
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python3 FlatCAM.py
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