Thanks for that atoff. I'm using Merlin/RAMPS on my Makerfarm i3. Maybe I need to look at Repetier more. It might do what I need. I just opened an .stl in it and could not figure out how to see a print path. Interesting that it uses Skeinforge. Many people shy away from Skeinforge because it's so complicated looking on first glance. It's really powerful and can do almost anything. Aside from that, I still can't see how I can know coordinates prior to printing which is real-time. I don't need real-time, I need before-time.

What I want to do is find the coordinates before it goes to print. I have some ideas about encapsulating objects in a print and I need to know ahead of time exactly where a specific spot is from my .stl and or print path to be able to do what I need to. I agree with you that if I have X: 84.32, Y: 61.34 that I know where the head currently is but I need to do it virtually first, before the machine ever sees it.

Any thoughts about how I can do that?