Do you have this hooked to a machine? I want to say your in "Motion Mode" set to "Exact Stop", located in Config/Gen Config...is your machine also following the path described in the Toolpath screen? Try to uninstall mach. Delete the Mach3 folder and reinstall to see if that makes a difference if not the latter.

Yeah it would be great if we could all merge to one forum and have one central location. It would make thing easer to keep up with updates and changes.

I personally do not like the "Cycle" increments, it can be dangerous.
What I have is a DRO that I can enter the value I want, I also have my most common amounts that I use on 4 buttons, that way I known when I it the "0.001" button that it will always be set to that.

If you open up your screen in "Screen 4" or use a Flash screen I would recommend adding 4 buttons. You could use Mach codes as well:

Select Step value 1 Button 265  (1.000)
Select Step value 2 Button 266  (0.100)
Select Step value 3 Button 267  (0.010)
Select Step value 4 Button 268  (0.0010)
Select Step value 5 Button 269 
Select Step value 6 Button 270 
Select Step value 7 Button 271 
Select Step value 8 Button 272 
Select Step value 9 Button 273 
Select Step value 10 Button 274 
Set Jog mode STEP (same as button 205) 275 
Set Jog mode CONT (same as button 204) 276


Alternatively, you can send the value and turn on Incremental mode using Flash script or VB script...if you need help with the script let use know.

If for that day you have a comman distance your traveling you could have a DRO that you enter the value to store the value and on a button send it.

Looks like Mario had the same issue:

Yahoo forum:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/84954
Mario
From Mach3 R3 I had the same issue. I removed the Declare sub Sleep
line from my code and it works fine. I think Art add support in R3 so
you can call Sleep without the declare.

Graham

In this same thread click on your name, then click "Show the last posts of this person." that will list all of the topics you've posted...if you hadn't posted to a thread, but set it as "Notify" it will not be in the list. You would find "Notifications" under "Profile" (located at the top) / "Notifications and Email" (on the Left hand side).

Hey Roger,
The code is working for me..returns X0 Y0 Z0
The only thing I can think of is your machine is moving alittle after stoping...are is your return values low or heigh..meaning in the +1 or 0.01?

Thanks, I can make a list of short cuts, for example if you draw out a shape you can add points (for example to make a stare) select the "polygon tool" ,by holding down the Left mouse button and hitting the arrow keys up or down.

Hey Roger, Do you think this could work with your PLT converter

[This is a live preview to test here on the web.]

Hey Roger,
I couldn't get that attachment to you but this is what I was talking about as a "CorelDraw" screen that you can use inside of Mach.

Most keyboard shortcut work just like in CorelDraw and most other drawing programs:

"Shift" will keep it proportional
"Space bar" will pan canvas

There is also tip bars that will pop up if the cursor is over an object for awhile...

-I'm adding a pen tool that will just draw...
-currently the "Freehand draw" will create anchor points...this is just like Illustrator.
-if you zoom (to unzoom hold down "Z" on the keyboard and left click or double click the zoom Icon to bring you back out to fit the drawing.it will zoom to the area your cursor is in or draw out a box to zoom to,by select zoom tool..
-left click draw out box.use join to connect to patters and the "White" arrow key icon to change "Anchor" points positioning..
and many other shortcuts.

Pressing the "Export API" or/and "Export XML" displays the code for the objects created.
API is the native Flash code for its vector points....these exported coordinates  can me formated however you like...

I'll be adding tool height,width,depth of cut est...
Alot of the code for shapes has be written by Bob adn I have modifyed it..

This is a live preview to test here on the web.

<a href="http://alphagraphicdesigns.com/help/Quantum/VectorPadTest2.swf" target="_blank">http://alphagraphicdesigns.com/help/Quantum/VectorPadTest2.swf</a>

Thanks to the both of you....

I've been trying in VB to get the "getuserlabel 1" to work...I belive it should be working fine since its working in great in Flash side of Mach....any one get it to work for them? Also I'd be intrested in all of the label names as well

Cant get this to work any idea's

Code:

'set ticker
SetTicker 205, "sets ticker"

'set user label
SetUserLabel 12, "sets user labels"

'get user label as var pathsent
pathsent= GetUserLabel (1)

'send "getuserlabel 1" to userlable 2
SetUserLabel 2, pathsent

Nice work, I don't have SolidWorks or Coral draw but looking at the code it looks great.
Do you have a PLT file to post so I can take alook (also intrested in there formating)?.