HyperCube CNC: Drawing with Fusion360

[@mhelvens]

Nice. I once used my Printrbot Simple Metal to control my smartphone. I printed a holder for a capacitive touchscreen pen, and I created a browser-based interface to translate my mouse actions into gcode, which was dynamically sent to the printer via the Octoprint API. Fun little project.

[@mhelvens]

It occurs to me that might be a fun addition to your pen-on-paper setup, too. You could use the mouse to draw shapes on-screen, and the Hypercube could mimic you on paper as you draw. (Freehand, of course, but you'd also have a circle tool and straight-line tool.) _Edit:_ @Tech2C: If you're actually interested in trying this, let me know, and I'd be happy to write the code. I already did the research, and it shouldn't take a lot of time.

[@xureality]

hook up a pen tablet to the computer, and draw live over the internet?

[@mhelvens]

Yup. Could be fun.

[@nikitaboguslavskii8780]

Well, then what about just taking a pen in your hand and drawing by yourself? 0_o

[@mhelvens]

+Nikita BOGUSLAVSKIY: Sounds a bit far-fetched to me...

[@philippthiele4478]

What you could add as another upgrade would be a drag knife holder, with that you can cut out stickers out of vinyl sheets e.g. orafol. The MPCNC has that feature too if you want to look it up ;)

[@heatnet97]

Nice project. Thank you! To select all lines is quite a pain. However, you can select the whole sketch in the browser. It is much more easy... You just need to click on the sketch, and not on the line, when you select. I hope, it can help for everyone.

[@PiefacePete46]

Absolutely the way to go, then you can deselect the lines you don't want to print.

[@HawkWorley]

That would be an amazing way to calibrate your X/Y!

[@pjbutler]

Thanks for the walkthrough! Just used it to do a test plot on my new CNC.

[@richmanricho]

landing is going to be rough with no front wheel !!!

[@Tech2C]

Doh!

[@cpapplefamily]

First thing I seen too. I haven't converted to quick change tool but it's coming.

[@Xenthera]

Takeoff is going to be rough without a prop

[@albertsjoberg1200]

OCD me was screaming NOOOOO from that point on. I needed to rewatch to concentrate after that point!

[@legendfpv]

It's there

[@pug2o5]

In fusion 360, I believe you can select in bulk by holding ctrl and dragging a box over your model, Rather than selecting 1 line at a time :)

[@thebeststooge]

Nope, I tried it and ctrl, nor alt, plus lmb or rmd selected anything. Shame.

[@CorvoconV]

Nice job, i love it. Exiting to see an option with a laser engraver :D

[@Tech2C]

I have a 2.5w laser in the mail!

[@CorvoconV]

Woow, nice :)

[@Ahmedhkad]

I hope to see your cutting tut soon :) your awesome

[@633r]

You sir are a genius and extremely creative

[@dtivkitt]

Nice video, but I'm having some problems with it. The tool orientation is wrong and when I simulate the drawing, there are many conflicts. I don't know what to do. I looked everywhere and found nothing.

[@OficialProjetoRaiz]

Great job!!!!!! This channel is the best, I made a Hypercube, I like so much this video , congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Kyvarus]

Should increase retraction speed. So you avoid that leakage.

[@KiemPlant]

Why did you select every line separately though? Couldn't you just have simply selected them all at once?

[@dunichtich100]

You can select multiple things quicker in Fusion: just drag a box^^ This safes a lot of time! To deselect use the command button and click on the line you want to deselect^^

[@Tech2C]

No box can be used when tracing in 2D. I tried, trust me that would have made that part of the video waaaay faster :)

[@mbs7969]

Very informative video. I use your post processor to send gcode to Anet A6. It work perfect.

[@ayonbiswas4186]

For some reason, I don't know why, my printer's Z-Axis does not retract when it should. Can you tell what possibly is the cause? Should I re-flash marlin to Arduino Mega?

[@davidalan6701]

I tried this with my Creality CR-10, but my drawings keep getting shrunk down. Is there something I need to adjust in the .cps file? Do I just need to scale my designs up like I have to do when importing to Fusion360 from Illustrator? any advice would be appreciated

[@minamagdy9260]

Thank you for this amazing video I need to know what configuration should upload to fusion 360 for the Graber i3 3d printer (it's the same size and motion of the prusa i3)

[@jhonnyginting8985]

this makes working @ giant cnc much fun...draw a 2000mmx2000mm picture with marker..

[@legendfpv]

How do you select all of the paths automatically? Its unacceptably tedious to select them manually on anything other than the most simplistic drawings. Thanks.

[@km6vvmarconett258]

What flavor Gcode does Marlin (?) run? Is a sample of Gcode for the plane available? Good video. Thanks

[@Crits-Crafts]

that is amazing :D I've made a hypercube with a pen attachment, and was wondering if there was a better way than using cura :D thankyou

[@timotheegros]

Love this ! I d like to draw similarly on top of a 3d printed part . Do you think I can use the same principal ? ( The 3d model is a mountain model and I d like to draw the level lines)

[@Anonymouspock]

Would the 2d "cutting" one be better as it is for laser cutters and CNC plasma machines?

[@goldbunny1973]

The only thing I would add is that Im surprised you havent yet adapted the mounts to HotSwop Quick Release Mechanism such as is used on tripods. This is what I hope to develop for my Hypercube so there's not a load of screwing/unscrewing going on each time I want to swop in a new printhead. The combination of a Quick Release with side wall limitation to eliminate unwanted movement, & inset magnets on the mount and the rear of each hotswop head should keep everything solidly in place. No more screwdriver.

[@onngroovecdboomboxtransfor2723]

thank u so much for the hands on for the tutorial im do it yay

[@AG-cg7lk]

If you are using a pen holder in a CNC spindle, this method would spin your pen holder at 10000 rpm!

[@ThaWhiteRussian]

Thanks for a great video! I already made 2 of your Hypercubes, one normal, and one as a laser cutter. A new high speed 30% smaller Hypercube is now in the works. Btw I think you forgot to link to your Patreon profile in here :)

[@Tech2C]

You've built 2 HyperCubes?? Awesome! I updated the links, cheers!

[@joeynuggetz]

What would the workflow be to print on a piece of wood for example that was 5mm thick for example?

[@danielthrana]

What is the cause for the sound at 11:19 ? I have the same grinding resonance, but I cant find the cause!

[@Tech2C]

Linear bearings resonating on the Y axis rail.

[@JuzerBurhani]

hello... i cant find Hypercube.cps in post process list... do i have an alternative..?

[@maxharrison9918]

Can you try some polycarbonate filament for your quadcopter arms. I didn't realise how cheap it was, and it's REALLY strong!

[@goldbunny1973]

I love your work, and clear presentation style videos. I just bought a Tronxy X3A and am already thinking of dismantling it a converting it to a Hypercube cos at least then it will print! : ) I wonder if you could use photo software to extract layers of colour then use different pens to lay down the image in layers including metallic inks to create highlights? Oh God, I see another creative idea Project coming on....

[@Faszinated]

Hi, i am using a inkscape plugin to create my g code. This works also fine for me. What workflow do you have to create these awesome minimalistic svg drawings? I would love to create simmelar drawings from pictures :)

[@Tech2C]

My work flow for svg drawings? Google images :) I use inkscape to convert raster files to vector, and then save as SVG, but it's never exactly perfect. I'll use inkscape for laser engraving photos too.

[@PiefacePete46]

I have been experimenting with something similar, but there is one thing I have not been able to figure out; how do you respond to the person who says "That's very interesting, but why did you not just click "Print", and send it to your inkjet (or laser) printer?" :o)

[@RWGresearch]

Do you have a video showing how you generated the post processor. I'll have to download and try this using a laser. I started to but needed to make the post processor. Now at least I have a start.!! Thanks so much for sharing!! ~Russ

[@Tech2C]

Hi Russ. No video showing the file make. It was adapted from the inbuilt gerber.csp and dumper.cps within Fusion360. I have a 2.5w diode laser in the mail, so can't wait to try it out :)

[@OficialProjetoRaiz]

Where can I download the post processor that you use in this video?

[@KevinLarsson42]

Would you be able to actually print a photograph with this? Maybe turn the picture to only b&w, divide it into a grid and have to pen pass through the black squares in the grid?

[@brandtleymcminn]

Inkjet style printers already do a similar process to this, except on a much finer scale. The comic book style dot color you're probably familiar with was a cheap way to get multi color prints going for illustration medium like that, but even today, we still use it in news print as a cheap way to lower printing costs by using less ink to create the perception of shading/color blending. You could do this same thing by as you said, taking a raster image, mapping the black density gradients, and using a fine tip pen, draw various sized circles to represent the image. The tricky part is I'm not aware of a utility for doing the gradient mapping, but custom plugins for fusion could potentially solve this hiccup.

[@marlonglodo1930]

hi sir tech2c how to add your HyperCube Post Processor:

[@noctera3706]

You have to klick on setup in the right corner an click on "Use Personal Post Library" so you can add the folder with your Post Processor

[@shobasheeba2274]

very very nice & superb

[@ajoenaim]

My I got the gcode file of the plane picture? I Want to try it on my hypercube printer :)

[@mwp4600]

Hi are you still selling the 3d printed parts? If so what would be the cost to Canada and what is the filment type you are using?

[@nateschmitz9827]

I live in the Midwest of USA, might be cheaper to ship from there. message me!

[@mwp4600]

@@nateschmitz9827 Not sure when I may build this but what would you want for printing these and shipping?

[@bainsonic]

Great video, but I think your pen holder is quite basic. A spring loaded design would make homing z much easier as well as making it possible to print with a broader range of pens (a pencil for example)

[@TimberWood.Customs]

mine looks different in post processing can you please help

[@kaatz017]

Hi there I'm following you And thank you very much for what you do. About the Pen Holder I started to print, Then I realized that you could simply turn the pen mechanism upside down Then you can use any Pen Holder the file HyperCube.cps It's great But in my printer THE Z Axis He turns up Not like your settings I fixed it and it works great.TNX

[@stephenworsley]

Would a faster feed rate be possible?

[@bbogdanmircea]

how to get rid of that nasty vibration ?

[@i2devus4u]

I would like to purchase a kit where can I get it from

[@Tech2C]

Send me a PM.

[@twisted_seraph]

You almost could make your own vinyl cutter

[@mrstanlez]

You use Fusion360 and Arduino, thats not free in future, because only arduino are open hardware/software.

[@salehsahory9658]

you are a mazing as usuale. big like

[@thomashandke8629]

hi Can u upload the .cps file please? Thhank you

[@shivam51666]

Can a CNC printer be converted into 3D printer??

[@dudanken]

How about a simple pick&place machine?

[@MrHD71]

hypercube as a co2 laser cutter?

[@Tech2C]

I don't think I'll fit a CO2 laser on this. I was thinking a smaller diode laser.

[@MegaMarcuscooper]

Could you draw portraits with this?

[@JD2jr.]

In theory, if you convert the portrait to an .svg, or if you use his old video and do it through cura as a lithopane.

[@strunapl6103]

Almost all 3D printer could be used as a CNC or Laser Engraver. Just use a Repetier Firmware. Nothing new ...

[@edwinrussell153]

do a complicated drawing that is very hard to do by hand

[@edwinrussell153]

PLEASE

[@smert_okupantam]

manually selecting all for export needed lines is unacceptable. think about PCB milling

[@RWGresearch]

Я пью тосол you can hilight all paths with one click. Or you can I port them differently so there isolated. PCB for sure I also will try fusion for PCB. Right now I use FlatCAM. Free works fine. ~Russ

[@Tech2C]

Yes, I was going to say I'll be using FlatCam for PCB.