ShopBot OpenSBP post processor

This is the actual opening and closing of a program Takshak posted for ShopBot OpenSBP — 115 lines in full. It is the same output our test suite checks on every build, not a sample written for this page.

'Takshak v1.0 -- golden_core
'UNITS: mm
'WCS origin (part-local): X=-10.000 Y=-20.000 Z=0.000
'Rapid clearance / safe Z = 30
SA
JZ,30
'Tool change: T1 = D6mm  6mm Face Mill
&Tool = 1
C9
TR,12000
C6
'NOTICE: flood coolant was requested and is NOT in this file. OpenSBP has no coolant word; a ShopBot toggles it as a controller output (SO,<n>,1) whose number is specific to your machine. Add it to the On tool change snippet.
MS,13.333333,4.166667
J3,20,20,30
J3,20,20,20
M3,20,20,5
M3,30,20,5
CG, ,40,30,0,10,T,-1

... 92 lines of cutting moves ...
J3,80,70,20
JZ,30
C7
J3,0,0,30
END

The program frame — how the file opens, how tools are called, how it ends — is what differs between controls, so that is what you can see here. The cutting moves in between are the part.

Two built-in posts, not a setting you have to remember: pick ShopBot OpenSBP - mm or ShopBot OpenSBP - Inch in the export dialog and the whole dialect follows, feed words included.

The ShopBot OpenSBP post targets the common dialect rather than one specific machine. If your control wants something slightly different, duplicate any built-in post and edit the copy — it inherits from the original and stores only your changes, so the shipped post stays intact and updates cannot overwrite your version.

Send us a short G-code sample your machine is happy with and we will tell you straight whether it matches or what would need changing: support@takshakcam.com.

The post is the last step. Before it, Takshak reads your solid, finds the machinable features, and gives you a full 3-axis operation library plus 4-axis rotary — see what it does. It runs on Windows and Linux, entirely on your own machine, and it is a one-time perpetual license, not a subscription.

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