G-code and M-code are the foundational languages that drive CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machinery and 3D printers.

You can also define macros for real G-codes if you want. So, defining G28 would allow you to take over how the printer homes itself.

When a print job is finished, custom G-code causes an attachment on the printer to wedge itself under the build plate and peel it off until it is freed from the magnetic bed, after which the ...

A printer is essentially a sophisticated plotting machine that moves to certain coordinates told to it by the slicer in the programming language G-code. That's why slicer software is so important.

How do 3D printers work? What's the impact on our economy? How expensive are they compared to traditional manufacturing? We take a three-dimensional look at the world of additive manufacturing.